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CornellWest t1_j2ae5d2 wrote
Reply to comment by daggerbeans 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
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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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