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Tagata Honen Festival
Coll2009-015
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Title: Joseph Hawkins photographs of the 1996 Tagata
Honen festival
Dates: 1993-1996
Bulk Dates: (bulk
1996)
Collection number: Coll2009-015
Creator:
Hawkins, Joseph
Collection Size: 3 oversize boxes
2 linear feet
Repository:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90007
Abstract: Photographs taken by Joseph Hawkins at the 1996
Tagata Honen Festival in Kamaki, Japan. This annual Shinto festival is a
fertility rite and a celebration of life, and its key focus is a large phallus
carved from a sacred Japanese cypress tree. The collection also includes
descriptive labels from an exhibit of the photographs, mementos from the
festival, and a 1993 map of Japan.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection: English
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access
restrictions.
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in
writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the physical owner.
Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in
the materials. Note that ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant
copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for
all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Box #, item #, Joseph Hawkins Photographs of the 1996 Tagata Honen Festival,
Coll2009-015, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles,
California.
Gift of Joseph Hawkins, 1998.
Collection processed by Stacy Wierenga, September 30, 2009.
Joseph Hawkins received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of
Southern California, with a dissertation on homosexuality in Japan. He took the
photographs in this collection at the 1996 Tagata Honen Festival in Kamaki,
Japan. This Shinto festival, held annually on March 15, is a fertility rite and
a celebration of life, and its key focus is a large phallus carved from a
sacred Japanese cypress tree.
Scope and Content of Collection
The bulk of the collection consists of photographs taken at the 1996
Tagata Honen Festival in Kamaki, Japan, and descriptive labels from an exhibit
of the photographs. The collection also includes a sacred rope with pendants
used in the festival, a wooden plaque and blank journal depicting phallic
effigies, and a 1993 map of Japan.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Fertility, human--Japan
Festivals--Japan
Photographs
Photography--Exhibitions
Rites and ceremonies--Japan
Shinto--Customs and practices
Shinto--Rituals