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 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"