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| | Color Red. Its Symbolizm in Japanese Buddhism and Japanese Shintoism |
 | | As a result, the color red was dedicated not only to deities of sickness and demon quelling, but also to deities of healing, fertility, and childbirth. |
 | | The red cap on his head probably symbolizes the placenta or the caul (the embryonic membrane covering the head at birth), and/or the magical powers of healing, as a red scarf was customarily placed on the head of sick individuals in Japan to pray for their speedy recovery. |
 | | Red = corresponds to fire (one of the five elements), and is associated with summer, the Phoenix, south (direction), heart (organs), burning (smell), bitter (taste), and sight (actions). |
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