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CornellWest t1_j274hq0 wrote

Reply to comment by Shoopdawoop993 in TIL that an unknown 19th century Japanese artist painted a parody of the sacred scene of the Buddha's death that is commonly called the "Penis Paranirvana", in which the dying Buddha is replaced by a giant anthropomorphic penis being mourned by women and other penises. by JosephvonEichendorff

Japanese men are typically not circumcised and Buddhism isn't usually associated with circumcision. So it's a really good question about why the penis in this artwork is cut.

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daggerbeans t1_j27dkr0 wrote

The foreskin is just pulled back, not cut. They have that turtleneck folds below the head

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