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Contents
Mirror of the Gods | 1 |
The Eternal Mother | 18 |
Holy Matrimony | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, Drifters and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes |
| Author | Ian Buruma |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Jul 6, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0394537750, 9780394537757 |
| Length | 242 pages |
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