Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes |
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... Buddhist - inspired aesthetic is so strong that one could almost speak of two separate cultures.24 This is partly a matter of class . Foreign influence is generally felt first by those with the time and money to indulge in exotic ...
... Buddhist - inspired aesthetic is so strong that one could almost speak of two separate cultures.24 This is partly a matter of class . Foreign influence is generally felt first by those with the time and money to indulge in exotic ...
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... Buddhism , co - exists with the violent extravagance of Kabuki . Nevertheless , if one should ask a Japanese if he is a Buddhist or a Shintoist , he would not know what to say . Both , is the most likely answer . Or he might mumble ...
... Buddhism , co - exists with the violent extravagance of Kabuki . Nevertheless , if one should ask a Japanese if he is a Buddhist or a Shintoist , he would not know what to say . Both , is the most likely answer . Or he might mumble ...
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... Buddhist tradition too , as Lévi - Strauss explains in Tristes Tropiques : ' [ Buddhism ] expresses a placid femininity which seems to have been freed from the battle of the sexes , a femininity which is also suggested by the temple ...
... Buddhist tradition too , as Lévi - Strauss explains in Tristes Tropiques : ' [ Buddhism ] expresses a placid femininity which seems to have been freed from the battle of the sexes , a femininity which is also suggested by the temple ...
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Mirror of the Gods | 1 |
The Eternal Mother | 18 |
Holy Matrimony | 38 |
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