A Bronze Ox at Kitano Shrine; Devout Woman Stroking a Bronze Bull Tocure Rheumatism-Kitano Tenjin Temple, Kyoto, Japan (55)
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: Japanese
Resumo
An Elderly Woman Prays for Good Luck by Touching the Bronze Cow on a Stone Pedestal at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine. The Statue Was Donated by Shrine Followers. The Woman Is Wearing a Hand Towel on Her Head, Holding a Cane in Her Right Hand, and Touching the Hind Leg of the Cow with Her Left Hand. Early Blooming Plum Trees Are Visible in the Background. The Shrine's Guardian Deity, the Cow Was Regarded as a Messenger of Sugawara-No-Michizane. This May Have Been Taken by the British Photographer H. G. Ponting in 1904. Monochrome. width 155 mm x height 82 mm. Series: Underwood. Photographer: Underwood.
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