Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Lighting lanterns

NARA, Japan - Women light a lantern as part of a Chugen Mantoro rite at Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2010.

E

Large tea ceremony held in Japan's ancient capital Nara

NARA, Japan - The "Juko" tea ceremony, involving four schools of the Japanese art and seven temples and shrines in Nara, western Japan, is held at Kasuga Taisha shrine on Feb. 12, 2014. The five-day event, organized in the spirit of 15th-century tea master Murata Juko who is said to have founded a simple-style ceremony, runs for five days in the ancient Japanese capital.

E

Large tea ceremony held in Japan's ancient capital Nara

NARA, Japan - People participate in the "Juko" tea ceremony involving four schools of the Japanese art and seven temples and shrines in Nara, western Japan, held at Kasuga Taisha shrine on Feb. 12, 2014. The five-day event, organized in the spirit of 15th-century tea master Murata Juko who is said to have founded a simple-style ceremony, runs for five days in the ancient Japanese capital.

E

Medieval stone lantern removed for repair

NARA, Japan - A stone lantern with a front carved with letters written by 18th-century painter Kien Yanagisawa (1704-1758) is being removed and disassembled for repair from Kasuga-taisha shrine in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 29, 2014.

E

Ceremony at Kasuga Taisha in hope of disaster recovery

NARA, Japan - Visitors look at lanterns lit up in hope of Japan's recovery from the March 11 earthquake and tsunamt at Kasuga Taisha, a Shinto shrine designated as a World Heritage site, in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 23, 2011.

E

Prayers for quake-hit country

NARA, Japan - Shinto priests and visitors offer prayers for the safety of those affected in the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the country's recovery at Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara, western Japan, on March 16, 2011.

E

Sapporo Snow Festival begins

Crowds of visitors take pictures during the opening ceremony for the seven-day Sapporo Snow Festival on Feb. 5, 2015, in front of the snow sculpture of a gate of the Kasuga Taisha Shrine at Odori Park in the northern Japan city of Sapporo. The event attracts more than 2 million domestic and foreign tourists every year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Lighting lanterns

NARA, Japan - Women light a lantern as part of a Chugen Mantoro rite at Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2010. (Kyodo)

E

A woman on the jinrikisha,Kasuga Shrine

This photo captures a scene with a woman on a rickshaw feeding deer. It is hard to pinpoint the exact location, but it is probably the shrine approach of Kasuga Taisha, as stone lanterns are in the background. The woman is wearing kimono, Japanes-style chignon, and is holding a parasol. The rickshaw man is wearing zori sandals and a hat. This is a stereograph.==Date:1904, Place:Nara, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐21‐0]

E

The approach to Kasuga Shrine and mideums

A sessha (sub-shrine), Wakamiya Shrine which is famous for its Onmatsuri festival, is located at southeast of Kasuga Taisha. This photo was taken at the shrine approach from the Nanmon Gate (South Gate) of Kasuga Taisha facing the northerly Wakamiya Shrine with Nanmon Gate in the background. Six standing mikos (shrine maidens) and one kneeling are seen in the approach. The photographer is the same person who took catalogue #4333 and the mikos are also the same.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐42‐0]

E

Mediums

Mikos (shrine maiden) at Kasuga Taisha Shrine photographed inside. It is probable that they are the same women as catalogue #4476. The hair decoration like wisteria flowers and eight layered red and white collars are the characteristic of miko attire of Kasuga Taisha. The miko in the centre holds bells whereas other six hold fans called 'hiougi'.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Kajima Seibei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐9‐0]

E

Deer on the approach to Kasuga Shrine

Although the title of the photo says 'Deer at Nara Park', this photo was actually taken at the shrine approach of Kasuga Taisha capturing seven deer. A male deer in the centre and female deer surround it. Despite the fact that there are not specific objects to pinpoint the exact location, since there are no stone lanterns and the way the shoulders of the road looks like, it is assumed to have been taken about 550m east of Ichino-torii Gate when facing east.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐9‐0]

E

A bronze deer,Kasuga Shrine

When passing Nino-torii Gate of Kasuga Taisha Shrine and going east, this bronze deer is sitting on the left. The present day deer is the one made in 1951, and the one in the photo was its predecessor. The two deer are similar over all, however, around the eyes and the horns are slightly different. The previous bronze deer was probably donated to the government during the World War II.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐31‐0]

E

The precincts of Kasuga Shrine

Two men standing on the approach to the sessha (sub-shrine), Wakamiya Shrine, from Kasuga Taisha Shrine are captured, which is the almost the same location as catalogue #4476. Since they have kyahan (leggings) around their ankles, they may be rickshawmen. This photo is the same as #4476 as the fact that this was taken facing north and making Nanmon Gate of Kasuga Taisha as background. However, the point of the shot is a little northerly.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐47‐0]

E

Deer on the approach to Kasuga Shrine

A male deer is walking down the shrine approach of Kasuga Taisha, about 350m west of Nino-torii Gate going east. Since the hair of deer is the one of summer, and the trees are growing thick, but partially changing the color, this photo was taken between the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐133‐0]

E

Deer on the approach to Kasuga Shrine

A male deer is walking down the shrine approach of Kasuga Taisha, about 350m west of Nino-torii Gate going east. Since the hair of deer is the one of summer, and the trees are growing thick, but partially changing the color, this photo was taken between the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐126‐0]

E

Kasuga Taisha Shrine

The foundation is said to be either 768 or 710. It was worshipped by the Imperial government, and many treasures remain to the present day.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐133‐0]

E

Approach to Kasuga Taisha Shrine

A woman walks in the approach wearing a kimono. The same person is also seen in the photo numbered 46-125.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐131‐0]

E

Nara Park

Nara park is an area in the east of Nara city, with an area of 4 km to the east and west and 2 km to the north and south. Many tourist spots are in the park such as Todaiji, Kofukuji, Kasuga Taisha etc. The deer in the park are a symbol of Nara.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐128‐0]

E

Kasuga Taisha Shrine

There are more than 1000 turning lanterns in the red-painted main building and the corridor, and they are all lighted at once for the Setsubun festival on February every year and the Mantoro in Chugen on August 15.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐34‐0]

E

Great torii gate of Kasuga Taisha Shrine

The great torii of Kasuga Taisha is regarded to be one of the three greatest toriis of Japan, together with Kehijingu (Tsuruga) and Itsukushima (Hiroshima). Through the torii is the stone steps leading to the main building to the right with the deer dehorning place.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐35‐0]

E

Deer on the approach to Kasuga Shrine

From the legend that Takemikazuchinomikoto, one of the Gods worshipped at Kasuga Taisha, came to Nara on a deer from Kashima, deer have been protected as the messengers of the Gods from the ancient days.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐36‐0]

E

Approach to Kasuga Taisha Shrine

A sessha (sub-shrine), Wakamiya Shrine which is famous for its Onmatsuri festival, is located at southeast of Kasuga Taisha. This photo was taken at the shrine approach from the Nanmon Gate (South Gate) of Kasuga Taisha facing the northerly Wakamiya Shrine with Nanmon Gate in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐32‐0]

E

The precincts of Kasuga Shrine

Within the compounds of Kasuga Taisha, approximately 1700 stone lanterns stand. These are lit with the hanging lantern of the shrine during Mantoro .==Date:1879, Place:Nara, Photo:[R. Stillfried], (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number27‐36‐0]

E

Approach to Kasuga Taisha Shrine

The water may be flowing out of the mouth of the deer statue. On the bottom is seen the letters Kasuga Taisha . There is a picture taken from a very similar location but in the opposite direction (photo number 42-33).==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:[R. Stillfried], (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number27‐5‐0]

E

Deer on the approach to Kasuga Shrine

Many lanterns of different shapes stand on both sides of the approach to Kasuga Taisha Shrine. When one counts all the lanterns, it is said that he/she will become wealthy.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐38‐0]

E

Deer on the approach to Kasuga Shrine

A male deer at the approach to Kasuga Taisha.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐41‐0]

E

Deer on the approach to Kasuga Shrine

A shot of a family of deer walking along the approach to Kasuga Taisha Shinto Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐46‐0]

E

Approach to Kasuga Taisha Shrine

The path leading to Kasuga Shrine. Stone lanterns line both sides of the approach.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐21‐0]

E

Ceremony at Kasuga Taisha in hope of disaster recovery

NARA, Japan - Visitors look at lanterns lit up in hope of Japan's recovery from the March 11 earthquake and tsunamt at Kasuga Taisha, a Shinto shrine designated as a World Heritage site, in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 23, 2011. (Kyodo)

E

Prayers for quake-hit country

NARA, Japan - Shinto priests and visitors offer prayers for the safety of those affected in the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the country's recovery at Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara, western Japan, on March 16, 2011. (Kyodo)

E

Japanese sword "dojigiri"

Photo taken at the museum of Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara, western Japan, on Dec. 27, 2019, shows the Japanese national treasure "dojigiri," considered one of the five most noted swords in the country, created by sword maker Hoki Yasutsuna in the Heian period (794-1185). Dojigiri is on display at the museum's exhibition on old Japanese swords that opens the following day and runs through March 1, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Powerful typhoon in western Japan

Photo taken Sept. 4, 2018, shows stone lanterns at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara, western Japan, damaged after a tree fell on them in strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Jebi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Powerful typhoon in western Japan

Photo taken Sept. 4, 2018, shows the roof of a facility at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara, western Japan, damaged after a tree fell on it in strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Jebi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Powerful typhoon in western Japan

Photo taken Sept. 4, 2018, shows stone lanterns at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara, western Japan, damaged after a tree fell on them in strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Jebi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E

Powerful typhoon in western Japan

Photo taken Sept. 4, 2018, shows the roof of a facility at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara, western Japan, damaged after a tree fell on it in strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Jebi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo