Japanese *mikoshi (*portable shrine), Asakusa festival, Tokyo, Japan 1975
Childs, Iraphne R. (1975) Japanese *mikoshi (*portable shrine), Asakusa festival, Tokyo, Japan 1975. [Image]
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Abstract
Japanese mikoshi (portable shrine) which, according to Shinto belief, carries the spirits of deities around the suburbs during a matsuri (festival). Mikoshi are ornately decorated miniature shrines often with a carving of a phoenix on the roof. During the matsuri, people carry the mikoshi on their shoulders from the shrine around the surrounding neighborhoods that worship at the shrine.
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| Item Type: | Image | ||||||||
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| Collection: | Asia-Pacific Images: 1970s-1990s | ||||||||
| Sub-Collection Title: | Japan |
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| Date: | 1975 | ||||||||
| Keywords: | Japanese; shrines; festivals, celebrations, etc | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2013 13:06 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2014 19:39 | ||||||||
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright Iraphne R. Childs. | ||||||||
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| URI: | https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/849 | ||||||||
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