Seven Young Gods of Fortune: Fertility Rite of Dosojin /

In Shimofukuzawa, Japan, the local men's youth association organizes the annual Dosojin deity festival. The festivities are characterized by paper decorations and pantomime, with sexualized symbols promoting marriage and fertility.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ōmori, Yasuhiro (Author)
Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors:	National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku), Japan (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Series:	Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1 Five Films by Yasuhiro Omori
Subjects:	Japanese. Blessings. Marriage. Fertility. Rural population. Buddhism. Religious festivals. Communities. Cultural change and history. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video