Amabiko: The Oceanic Ape and Its Rhizomatic Body
The amabiko アマビコ is a chimerical aquatic hybrid similar to an oceanic ape with oracular and thaumaturgic powers, which inspired ludic and religious micro-practices in the late Edo (1603–1868) and early Meiji periods (1868–1912). The present study investigates the genealogy of the amabiko and the piv...
| Subtitles: | Uncanny Bodies in Japanese Religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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| In: |
Journal of Religion in Japan
Year: 2023, Volume: 12, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 187-215 |
| Further subjects: | B
anatomic networks
B amabiko B yomiuri B ludic-religious practices B paper talismans |
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