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In East Asia, there is an association of chestnut trees with (male) fertility; chestnut blossoms are reputed to smell like semen and "kuri" (chestnut) is a euphemism for a clitoris.
I've seen this trope used in Bondage Fairies (Pamila finds a squirrel with marital issues in a chestnut tree), the Color of Water trilogy (Ehwa is blossoming into a young woman and smells the aroma of such a tree), Susumu Katsumata's "Red Snow" anthology (a chestnut tree spirit is a woman's lover), and even a Japanese automated Twitter account for an Axis Powers Hetalia character. Is there an article that covers this? I feel like the current symbolism tropes don't cover this well enough because of the significance in Japanese culture that just isn't widely known in English-speaking internet forums.
Edited by RNA