Kyara in Japanese Religious Spaces

Autor(en)

Alisha Saikia

Abstrakt

Mascots in Japan are called kyara. They are utilised by almost all organisations, institutions, and administrative divisions and are accepted, embraced, and consumed by people of all walks of life, making them immensely popular. Although constituting an element of Japanese popular culture, they are also embedded in certain religious spaces in Japan, making them an interesting topic of research. This article will examine the reason behind the embeddedness of kyara in certain religious spaces in Japan and their impact on the practice of religion in those spaces.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Religionswissenschaft

Journal

Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies

Band

13 (2021)

Seiten

257–297

ISSN

2219-4398

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/vjeas-2021-0008

Publikationsdatum

12-2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603909 Religionswissenschaft

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/kyara-in-japanese-religious-spaces(71b59299-ba30-47ad-a599-c1cc3efa9b69).html