Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

Collana | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Miscellanea | Death and Desire in Contemporary Japan
Capitolo | The Funeral in Contemporary Japanese Society

The Funeral in Contemporary Japanese Society

The Company-sponsored Funeral of the Founder. Arrangement and Creation of the Most Important Funeral Service in the Company’s History

Abstract

The company-sponsored funeral represents a fundamental event in company’s life. In particular, the funeral of its founder presents some peculiar features in comparison with other types of company-sponsored funeral. In this paper, I will investigate the arrangement and the creation of the founder’s funeral through the analysis of three significant examples, namely the ceremonies for Matsushita Konosuke (Panasonic), Ibuka Masaru and Morita Akio (Sony).


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 29 Giugno 2016 | Accettato: 27 Marzo 2017 | Lingua: en

Keywords Company’s FounderMatsushita DenkiCompany-sponsored FuneralSonySociology


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