![]() ![]() ![]() Each branch family at some time might itself, while maintaining its subordinate position to the main family, become the stem family to several branches. A main or stem family might have affiliated to it branch families. Obon is one of the two yearly festivals which bring distant relatives together, the other being New Year.Īn extended family consisted at least of grandparents, parents and children in addition to ancestors. The spirits are fed and treated well to ensure their aid in the future and so that they do not linger after the three-day period and cause damage to the living. The spirits of ancestors return to this world at Obon, a summertime festival of the dead. Buddhist belief holds that ancestors are able to exert influence over affairs in this world. One of the problems of newly arisen aristocratic families was to ‘find’ sufficiently impressive ancestors who would justify contemporary importance.Īncestors continue to have significance today, a reflection of the importance of the family system itself. Noble families, and families of the warrior class, placed great value and importance on their ancestors. In the earliest times, and certainly with the influence of China, ancestor worship was a strong and vibrant belief which made deceased real, active members of the family. Like many Asian family systems, the Japanese family system was an extended family which included distant relatives as well as the dead. ![]()
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