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=== What they are === | === What they are === | ||
These records are Buddhist death registers kept for the purpose of ancestor veneration. The Japanese name | These records are Buddhist death registers kept for the purpose of ancestor veneration. The Japanese name ''kakocho'' means literally “book of the past.” When a person dies, a Buddhist priest assigns him a ceremonial name, which he records in the ''kakocho''. Three different formats for the ''kakocho'' are: | ||
#A chronological list arranged by death date. | #A chronological list arranged by death date. | ||