Japan's Sexual Gods: Shrines, Roles and Rituals of Procreation and Protection

(Book #49 in the Brill's Japanese Studies Library Series)

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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 festival phallus to small obscure places. Many also contain female sexual imagery and some phalluses act in a protective role. The study is based on observations...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:9004288910

ISBN13:9789004288911

Release Date:May 2015

Publisher:Brill

Length:440 Pages

Weight:1.58 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality

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Japan's Sexual Gods: Shrines, Roles and Rituals of Procreation and Protection

(Book #49 in the Brill's Japanese Studies Library Series)

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