TEACHING RESOURCES

 PAINTINGS IN AKAKURA MOUNTAIN SHRINE


(See Chapter Two, "Between Worlds: Akakura's Architecture of Potential Transformation," esp. pp. 58-65, 77-83)

I. Images In the Shinden (Inner Sanctuary): 

The  Saidan (Front Altar). In front, candelabra shaped like the three peaked Akakura Mountain. Two mirrors behind the peak. Upper right: old photograph of Akakura Mountain Shrine. Upper left: votive painting of hawk on tree branch.

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