CB081 - Dorei Clay Bell from Tagata Shrine 田縣神社 – Fertility Symbol

This unique hand-crafted dorei (clay bell) comes from the renowned Tagata Shrine (田縣神社) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is a sacred site deeply rooted in fertility worship and agricultural prosperity. Tagata Shrine is especially known for prayers for fertility, abundant harvest, and prosperity of descendants (life continuation). It hosts an annual festival on March 15 (豊年祭 / Hōnensai), which is very famous and somewhat notorious: during this festival, a large wooden phallus (male genital sculpture) is carried in a mikoshi (portable shrine) procession through the streets. The shrine grounds host many stone phallus motifs / male genital objects, considered sacred stones (男根の石) which tie into the shrine’s fertility symbolism. Shaped in the symbolic form of a phallic figure (男根), this bell is not merely humorous or provocative, but a traditional emblem of vitality, creation, and good fortune. Tagata Shrine is famous for its annual Hōnensai (豊年祭) Festival held every March, where wooden phallic icons are paraded to celebrate and pray for bountiful harvests and fertility of all kinds, from the land to descendants. Crafted in unglazed terracotta clay, the bell features a simple, earthy texture, enhanced by ceremonial paper charms (御守) and a purple braided cord. Inside, the small clay clapper produces a dry, soothing chime, a gentle echo of spiritual blessings. Size: 5 x 5 x 9cm (bell) 7 x 10 x 5.5cm (Box)#CB081#BellKYO· · ──── ✨𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚✨ ──── · · 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑄𝑅 𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝐾𝑈 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟. 𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.