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Giant Tridacna shell, with fallen leaves and reflections, one of the 7 treasures of Buddhism, Jinguji Buddhist temple, Kamiyama, Japan
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Giant Tridacna shell, with fallen leaves and reflections, one of the 7 treasures of Buddhism, Jinguji Buddhist temple, Kamiyama, Japan

  • Forest path to the Kamiichinomiya Oawa Shrine, Kamiyama, Shikoku Island, Japan
  • Ritual purification ceremony, Kamiichinomiya Oawa Shrine, Kamiyama, Shikoku Island, Japan
  • Kamiichinomiya Oawa Shsinto Shrine, Kamiyama, Shikoku Island, Japan
  • Revered old ginko tree with shimenawa sacred rope, Kaiichinomiya Shinto Shrine, Kamiyama, Shikoku Island, Japan
  • Kamiichinomiya Oawa Shinto Shrine in the fall, Kamiyama, Shikoku Island, Japan
  • Ringing the bell at Kamiichinomiya Oawa Shinto Shrine, Kamiyama, Shikoku Island, Japan
  • Small shrine with torii gate, Kamiichinomiya Oawa Shinto Shrine, Kamiyama, Shikoku Island, Japan
  • Giant Tridacna shell, with fallen leaves and reflections, one of the 7 treasures of Buddhism, Jinguji Buddhist temple, Kamiyama, Japan
  • Small temple in the garden of Jinguji Buddhist temple with fallen leaves, Kamiyama, Japan, one of the few shrine-temples still extant.<br /> <br /> In Japan, Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples used to be a single place of worship until Meiji era (1868-1912) when the emperor decided to separate them and Shinto became the official religion of Japan.<br /> <br /> During the Asuka period in which Buddhism was first transmitted to Japan, Shinto and Buddhism had not yet integrated with one another, but in the Heian period when Buddhism began to diffuse throughout the nation, a certain degree of friction arose between the new beliefs and the ancient Japanese Shinto religion and out of this rose a syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism in which Shinto kami were considered to be the temporary forms of Buddhist deities. This led to the construction of Shinto shrines within Buddhist temples in which to enshrine the temporary kami forms (gongen) that Buddhist deities were believed to assumed.
  • Jizoo statues, disciple of Buddha, at Jingui temple wearing knitted hats and bibs (kasa), Kamiyama, Japan
  • Jizoo statues, patrons of travelers and children, wearing knitted hats and bibs (kasa) at Jingui temple , Kamiyama, Japan
  • Preying mantis hunting stink bug, Jinguji temple garden, Kamiyama, Shikoku, Japan
  • A temple attendant at the meditative task of picking up fallen leaves, Jinguji Buddhist temple, Kamiyama, Japan
  • Statue, maybe Goddess of Mercy Guanyin at Jinguji Buddhist temple, Kamiyama, Japan
  • Beautiful carved wooden phoenix (hou-ou), Kamiichinomiya Oawa Shinto Shrine, Kamiyama, Japan
  • River's end
  • Tokushima downtown, Inoyama Hill, Yoshino River, from Mount Bizan, Shikoku Island, Japan
  • Tokushima, Shinmachi River and Wakayama Bay Shikoku Island, Japan
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