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Japan's sexual gods : shrines, roles and rituals of procreation and protection /
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 festi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Brill's Japanese studies library ;
v. 49. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Chapter 1 Sexual Beliefs in Japanese Religion
- Chapter 2 Encountering the Sexual in Japanese Culture
- Chapter 3 The Phallus in the 'Age of the Gods'
- Chapter 4 Phallic Beliefs and Mountain Deities
- Chapter 5 Sexual Symbolism and Shintō Mythology
- Chapter 6 'Erotic Gifts': The Votive Role of Sexual Objects
- Chapter 7 Ktenic Imagery in Japan's Sexual Shrines
- Chapter 8 The Phallus as Kami: The Cult of Konsei Daimyōjin
- Chapter 9 Hidden Buddhas and Sexual Gods
- Chapter 10 The Phallus at the Crossroads: Wayside Gods of Protection and Fertility
- Chapter 11 Continuity and Change in Japan's Phallic Festivals
- Chapter 12 Sexual Beliefs in Contemporary Japan
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- Bibliography
- Index.