immortal wishes:
labor and transcendence
on a Japanese sacred mountain

Ellen Schattschneider

Duke University Press (2003)

TEACHING RESOURCES

AKAKURA MOUNTAIN SHRINE STATUES

The Shrine's Foundress

This covered statue of the shrine's founder is located in front of the shrine's Shinden (inner sanctuary)

On the day of the shrine summer festival, she is covered with a brocaded robe.

 

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