Glossary of Technical Terms butsudan 仏壇 Buddhist altars found in the home. daikon 大根 The giant radish, often carved into a phallic symbol. dankei 男莖 The word for phallus in its first mention in the Kogoshūi. dankon 男根 A penis or phallus. dogū 土偶 Ceramic figurines from the Jōmon Period. dōsojin 道祖神 Guardian gods placed at the wayside or by rice fields. ema 絵馬 Small painted wooden prayer boards left at shrines. engidana 縁起棚 A smaller version of the kamidana. engimono 縁起物 Objects placed on an engidana. gohei 御幣 The ritual ‘wand’ used by Shintō priests. gongen 権現 An avatar. goshintai 御神体 The ‘body of the god’ that is the central focus of a shrine. haiden 拝殿 The worship hall of a shrine that accommodates believers. haniwa はにわ Clay images from burial mounds. hibutsu 秘仏 ‘Hidden Buddhas’: concealed religious images. hihōkan 秘宝館 An elaborate and commercialised version of a sex museum. hokora 祠 A small Shintō shrine, often a sub-shrine of another. honden 本殿 The main building of a Shintō shrine. inau イナウ The worship sticks of the Ainu akin to a gohei. inkei 陰茎 The penis. in’yōseki 陰陽石 Paired male and female sexual stones of yin and yang. in’yōwagō 陰陽和合 The harmonious union of yin and yang. ishigami 石神 A general term for a god represented in stone. jingu 神宮 A prestigious shrine, often with imperial connections. jinja 神社 A Shintō shrine. join 女陰 Female genitalia. kami 神 The deities of Shintō. kamidana 神棚 A household god-shelf. kofun 古墳 Burial mounds c. 300–500. kongō 金剛 The vajra, a hand-held ritual implement. kōshin 庚申 The 57th position on the Chinese calendar. kōshin-tō 庚申塔 A monument erected as result of kōshin beliefs. kyokon 巨根 An abnormally large penis. mara 魔羅 The penis. matagi マタギ The traditional hunting communities of Tōhoku. matsuri 祭り A shrine festival.
© koninklijke brill nv, leiden, ���5 | doi ��.��63/9789004293786_014 386 Glossary of Technical Terms michi no kami 道の神 Gods of the wayside. mikoshi 御輿 The palanquin in which the kami is conveyed at a matsuri. mitama 御霊 The spirit of a kami. miya 宮 A Shintō shrine. mizuko 水子 Aborted foetuses. ofuda お札 A talismanic souvenir traditionally of printed paper. okina 翁 A masked figure representing an old man. omamori お守り Small brocade bags acting as talismanic souvenirs. onsen 温泉 Hot spring resort. robō no kami 路傍の神 Gods of the wayside. sai no kami 塞の神 Blocking or guardian deities. sai no kami 幸の神 Gods of good fortune, happiness or harvest yield. seishin 性神 Sexual gods. sekibō 石棒 Stone rods or bars from the Jōmon Period of a phallic shape. sekitō 石刀 Single-edged stone sword-like versions of sekibō. sekkan 石冠 Stone ‘crowns’, prehistoric phallic and ktenic carvings. sekken 石剣 Stone sword-like versions of sekibō. shinbutsu bunri 神仏分離 The separation of kami and Buddhas. shinbutsu shūgō 神仏習合 The cooperation between kami and Buddhas. shintai 神体 See goshintai. Shintō 神道 ‘The way of the gods’, regarded as Japan’s indige- nous religion. shunga 春画 Erotic pictures and books. sōtei dōsojin 双体道祖神 Human couple dōsojin, the most common variety. tanuki 狸 The symbolic badger, actually a raccoon dog. tengu 天狗 A goblin of the forest. torii 鳥居 A Shintō shrine gateway. warai-e 笑い絵 Laughter pictures, another word for shunga. yashiro 社 A Shintō shrine. yorishiro 依代 A residence for a kami. zushi 厨子 A small shrine made to contain a hibutsu.