Shinya Yamada Author

Hannah Gould is a Cultural Anthropologist working in the areas of death, religion, and material culture, with a regional specialization in North-East Asia.

Aki Miyazawa is a Sociologist of Religion working in the areas of death and funerary practices in contemporary societies.

Shinya Yamada is Professor of Folkloristics at the National Museum of Japanese History and a world-leading expert on death and funerals in Japan.