Photos of STILL LIFE (4/10)

The Mausoleum Of The Second Shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada, Was Destroyed In An Air Raid, And Now Only The Main Gate Remains

I Thought It Was A Little Unusual To Have A God Called Ukemochi Enshrined In The Shrine

The Komainu At Ichogaoka Hachiman Shrine Were Wide-eyed As If They Had Had A Divine Energy Hit

A Number Of Old Weekly Bunshun Were Lined Up On The Shelves Of A Used Bookstore

The Buddhist Statues Sitting In The Precincts Of Gokokuji Temple Were Each Facing In A Different Direction

The Stone Lanterns, Gathered In A Small Corner, Were Surrounded By A Wall So That No One Could Get Close To Them

Even Though He Had The Power To Protect Buddhism, He Seemed To Have No Way To Protect Himself From Pigeons And Other Birds, And Zocho-ten Was Tightly Covered With A Wire Mesh

The World's Most Famous Chinese Cabbage Was Placed In A Glass Case

That Buddha Statue May Be Waiting To Hear Chanting From Nowhere, But This Is A Museum, Not A Temple

The Bowls And Teacups Were Placed Upside Down, Ready To Receive Guests At Any Time

Tea Leaves Were Sold In Rusty, Old Tea Tins

It Is Believed That The Joss Paper Is Reached To The Underworld By Burning And Becoming Smoke

Hair Color Was Blue

The Treatment Of Guan Yu In Kaiji Martial Temple Is A Bit Different From The Image Of Guan Yu In The Romance Of The Three Kingdoms

Heap Of Chinese Cabbages

The Same Red Sutras Were Placed On A Row Of Desks In The Precincts Of The Temple

Ink Brush Painting On The Display

The Face Of A Nebuta Lantern That Looks As If Ready To Slay A Human Being

In Meguro Gajoen, There Remains A Wooden Structure Called The Hyakudan-kaidan That Connects The Rooms Where Grand Banquets Were Held In The Past

Windmills Were Spinning Around

Among The Sake On Display In The Window, There Were Some Brands That Even A Non-drinker Like Me Would Recognize, Such As Otters, And Others That I Was Unfamiliar With

Owl Lingering Around At The Entrance

The Jizo Bosatsu Sitting In Kenchoji Temple Was So Huge That I Thought It Was The Head Of A Jizo

Wooden Buddha Statue And Some Coins

Book Written On The Wall

The Stone Statues Of Foxes Lined Up In An Orderly Fashion Like An Army, All Looking To The Right As If I Had Commanded Them To Turn To The Right

Upright Tail

Two Foxes In A Small Shrine

Antony Gormley's 'Two Times II' Is Placed In The Elevator Hall Of Tokyo Opera City

Banners In Yoyogi Hachiman-Gu

Floral-printed Skirt And Two Legs

Alphabet On Wall

Sake Barrels Piled Up In The Sunshine Through The Trees

Benches In Hibiya Park

A Pile Of Small Torii

These Beckoning Cats, All Of Them Expressionless, Are A Little Creepy

Rope And Box In Gyoran-Ji

Six Stone Statues In Jorin-Ji

Shide In Kasuga Jinja

Many Wooden Pails