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The purpose of this article is to examine changes in funeral customs in modern Japan in three areas, while simultaneously investigating a change in their accompanying conceptions, namely a diminishing awareness of defilement. The three areas are that of the organizations which manage funerals, the methods for disposing the corpse, and the burial grounds. Each of these are undergoing major change, with shifts from traditional funeral cooperatives soshiki-gumi to undertakers [sogiya from burial doso to cremation kaso and from traditional cemeteries toc/u to modern memorial parks r n .
Hirochika Nakamaki (Thu,) studied this question.