The man had a bow and two arrows

Man having archery
Shot at Hanazono Jinja, a Shinto shrine in Shinjuku, Tokyo
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A man wearing a mask appeared on the stage and started to dance. 'Noh' was being played in the precinct. The man had two arrows and a bow in his hands. Yet he didn't release the arrows. He kept dancing while he had the arrows.

I wondered what these arrows meant. In western culture, the combination of an arrow and a bow reminded me Cupid. It sends an arrow of love. The face of a man on the stage was far too horrible for the Japanese Cupid. So I thought what he held in his hand were not arrows of love.

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Jul 2007 PEOPLE TOKYO

PHOTO DATA

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966

Shooting Date

May 2007

Posted On

July 11, 2007

Modified On

February 8, 2024

Place

Shinjuku, Tokyo

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

CANON EOS 1V

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