Ancestor-worship and Japanese Law

adoption of son-in-law adoptor allow adoption altar Amaterasu anniversary Article bequeathed blood branch Buddhist Butsudan cenotaphs ceremony Chinese law Civil Code clan-god clan-name Confucius consent Constitution custom daughter death descendants dissolution of adoption dread of ghosts duty Emperor Emperor Jimmu Empire Empire of Japan enter another house exist extinct father Festival Day feudal Fustel de Coulanges graves ground of divorce head headship high officials honour house-daughter house-head house-headship Imperial Ancestors Imperial Marriage Japan JAPANESE LAW Jimmu Tennō Kabane Kamidana Kashiko Dokoro Katoku kinsmen Kwōrei law of adoption Law of Registration legal heir legal presumptive heir male issue marry Mencius object of inheritance offering origin of Ancestor-worship parents person present provides rule sacra sacred sacrifices sakaki-tree saké Sanctuary seventh-day Shin Shinto Shintoists small clan spirits succession Taihō Taiho Code takes place Temple tion Tokugawa Shogunate uji-gami uji-no-kami usually worship of ancestors worship of Imperial