The young man put down his canvas and painted a picture of the roh-mon gate

Canvas in front of gate
Shot at Nezu Jinja, a Shinto shrine in Nezu, Tokyo
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A large vermilion gate stands in the precincts of Nezu Shrine. It is a tower gate built in the mid-Edo period. Above the gate was a flat plaque with the name of the shrine written on it.

A young man was painting a picture when I came to the gate. He had an easel up and was painting the gate. He seemed to be just painting a detail.

According to the omens, the shrine was founded 1900 years ago; 1900 years ago, the historical division was still in the Yayoi period and no burial mounds had yet been built. Is it just me or does it seem a bit false?

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Jan 2008 PEOPLE TOKYO

PHOTO DATA

No

1330

Shooting Date

Nov 2007

Posted On

January 19, 2008

Modified On

July 5, 2024

Place

Nezu, Tokyo

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

CANON EOS 1V

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