Cletus' First Collegiate Dictionary of Japanese Chin Music
(o)soshiki
A funeral. The o is honorific. The Japanese almost all opt to be cremated after death. The figure is something like ninety-eight or ninety-nine percent. After the funeral ceremony, family and friends of the deceased will proceed to the crematorium, where the body is incinerated. Once the deceased has been reduced to ashes and bones, loved ones pick up the bones with chopsticks and place them in a jar.
The hyoid bone in the larynx is considered special because it resembles Buddha in prayer. After the bones have been put in a jar, the people in attendance usually hold a party in honor of the deceased. For a good cinematic portrayal of the customs surrounding a Japanese funeral, check out Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru or Juzo Itami’s Ososhiki.
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