Stomping on Sacred Grounds: Edo-Period Religious Institutions and the Shifting of Sumo Wrestling’s Uncanny Image
This paper investigates the changes in the uncanny expressed in historical examples of sumo wrestling. Various pre-modern instances show sumo as a wild and relentless combat, often resulting in the injury or death of one of the wrestlers. However, due to sociopolitical changes in the early Edo perio...
| 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: 152-186 |
| Further subjects: | B
image shift
B Religious Institutions B Edo period B sumo wrestling B uncanny |
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