The gate stood quietly at the entrance to Tsuruyama Hachimangu Shrine

gate of Tsuruyama Hachimangu
Gate of Tsuruyama Hachimangu
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A wooden gate stood at the entrance to Tsuruyama Hachimangu Shrine. The gate had a tiled roof. The shrine building can be seen beyond. A shimenawa rope was hanging from the eaves of the shrine building, and two sacred papers were hanging from the eaves.

I looked at it without thinking much about it, but this must be unusual. In most cases, a torii gate stands at the entrance to a shrine's sacred area. But here, there is no torii to be seen. Instead, what stands is the gate in the photograph. Perhaps this is a remnant of the Shinto-Buddhist syncretism of the past.

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Dec 2007 ARCHITECTURE OKAYAMA

PHOTO DATA

No

1260

Shooting Date

Sep 2007

Posted On

December 12, 2007

Modified On

July 5, 2024

Place

Tsuyama, Okayama

Genre

Architectural Photography

Camera

CANON EOS 1V

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