@article{oai:rekihaku.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000382,
 author = {松崎, 憲三 and Matsuzaki, Kenzō},
 journal = {国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告, Bulletin of the National Museum of Japanese History},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {application/pdf, The main purpose of the paper is to study the ritual implements made of wood in the yamanokami ritual (Yamanokamimatsuri). An analysis is attempted from the field of Folklore. The second purpose of the paper is to study the distribution of the yamanokami belief in the Kinki district. After a presentation of the latest research into the yamanokami belief in general, the yamanokami belief in Kinki is introduced and finally the functions of wooden implements in the ritual are examined. The results are as follows:
(1) A kagi was used to beckon the yamanokami to come down to the people living in the mountain before they started working. Before the people set to work a kezurikake was hammered into the field to obtain permission from the yamanokami to work in the fields. These were implements that had magical functions. Through the influence of rice cultivation, the meaning of this practice changed so that the hammering became a symbolic action that stood for planting certain mountain spirits that were regarded as a source of life.
(2) The ritual that crosses male and female dolls (mataginingyō “dolls made from crotches”) was interpreted as a marriage of yamanokami and tanokami (“god of the fields”) and thus originated the legend of the coming and going of the yamanokami and tanokami.
(3) Henoko
A study of the dedication of henoko shows that the wooden penis is a symbol of strength and aggressiveness. The ritual originated from the cults of the hunters that lived in the mountains. Through the influence of rice cultivation, it changed to a ritual implement symbolizing reproduction that could have sexual intercourse with the female god yamanokami.},
 pages = {425--451},
 title = {山の神祭りにおける木製祭具の研究 : 山の神信仰の展開},
 volume = {7},
 year = {1985},
 yomi = {マツザキ, ケンゾウ}
}