A carny was performing

Leashed monkey walking
Shot at Yushima Tenjin, a Shinto shrine in Yushima, Tokyo
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When I entered into the precinct, I found a crowd of people. A showman was just performing and the people were watching. He was a monkey trainer. A monkey on leash was moving around him. When the showman gave an order, it followed hand and foot. It seemed to be tamed well.

This permanence had a long history and it was popular during the Edo period. Their radical duty was to give the invocation about stable because it was believed monkey had a power to protect horses from trouble.

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Mar 2007 ANIMAL TOKYO

PHOTO DATA

No

799

Shooting Date

Feb 2007

Posted On

March 19, 2007

Modified On

July 1, 2024

Place

Yushima, Tokyo

Genre

Animal Photography

Camera

RICOH GR DIGITAL

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