Japan's sexual gods : : shrines, roles, and rituals of procreation and protection / / by Stephen Turnbull.
Japan’s Sexual Gods is an authoritative and original work that describes the unique deities represented by sexual objects in certain Japanese shrines and temples. Hundreds of sexual shrines still exist in spite of previous repression and range from the Tagata Shrine with its well-known giant festiva...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Japanese Studies Library, Volume 49 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Japanese studies library ;
Volume 49. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Sexual Beliefs in Japanese Religion
- 2 Encountering the Sexual in Japanese Culture
- 3 The Phallus in the ‘Age of the Gods’
- 4 Phallic Beliefs and Mountain Deities
- 5 Sexual Symbolism and Shintō Mythology
- 6 ‘Erotic Gifts’: The Votive Role of Sexual Objects
- 7 Ktenic Imagery in Japan’s Sexual Shrines
- 8 The Phallus as Kami: The Cult of Konsei Daimyōjin
- 9 Hidden Buddhas and Sexual Gods
- 10 The Phallus at the Crossroads: Wayside Gods of Protection and Fertility
- 11 Continuity and Change in Japan’s Phallic Festivals
- 12 Sexual Beliefs in Contemporary Japan
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Bibliography
- Index.