Abstract

The truth about "mysterious 'cursed objects'" dedicated to temples and shrines.
Rusty scissors, a phallic root with a nail driven into it, a woman's hair, a bride doll, a sickle hammered into a sacred tree, a vermilion-lacquered monkey....
This book introduces strange votive customs along with their reasons and origins.

Author’s Information

Dojo master of the website "Chinji Daidojo". Writer of Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. He has been energetically searching for unique shrines and temples, mysterious beliefs, gigantic Buddhist statues, etc. in Japan and Asia. Author of "Strange Shrines & Buddhist Temples Pilgrimage" (Takarajima-sha) and other books. (This data was published at the time this book was published.)