Memorial Services and Rituals for Companion Animals in Japan, Poland and the United States of America

• Authors: Michał Piotr Pręgowski

Title variants

JA

日本、ポーランド、アメリカにおける伴侶動物のための慰霊と儀式

Abstracts

JA

本論は、伴侶動物（コンパニオンアニマル）の死とペットの墓に関する日本社会の幾つかの慣習について論じ、さらにアメリカとポーランドでのそれと比較する。この比較は、日本における伴侶動物の死について書いた研究者の報告（Ambros 2012; Kenney 2004;Veldkamp 2009）だけでなく、三年間（2012–2015）にわたって行われたポーランドとアメリカにおけるペットの墓に関する筆者独自の調査に基づいている。まず日本における近年のペットブームについて簡潔に記述し、その後ポーランドとアメリカだけでなく、日本で亡くなった動物がどのように追悼されるか述べる。本論は、それぞれ三つの社会におけるペットの墓の外観やペットの墓に関する慣習だけでなく、葬式や慰霊などについても論じる。

EN

This article discusses some of the Japanese social practices related to companion animal death and pet cemeteries, and compares them with American and Polish ones. The comparison stems from the author’s own research on pet cemeteries in Poland and the United States of America performed over the span of three years (2012–2015), as well as from the findings of researchers writing about Japan in the companion animal death context (including Ambros 2012; Kenney 2004; Veldkamp 2009). After starting with a brief description of the recent pet boom in Japan, I present the ways in which departed animals are commemorated there, as well as in Poland and the United States. The article discusses funerary rites, memorial services, as well as the looks of pet cemeteries and pet cemetery related practices in each of the three societies.

Keywords

EN

companion animal; companion animal death; petto rosu; pet loss grief; memorial services; memorial rites and rituals; pet cemeteries; cremation; rainbow bridge

JA

伴侶動物; 伴侶動物の死; ペットロス; 慰霊; 慰霊の儀式; ペットの墓; 火葬; 虹の橋

• Publisher: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Badań Japonistycznych
• Journal: Analecta Nipponica
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 109-122

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Michał Piotr Pręgowski

• Politechnika Warszawska

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Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

1597317