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Sanjusangendo

Sanjusangendo==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6886]

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Archery event in Kyoto

Wearing traditional Japanese attire, young women celebrating their coming-of-age shoot arrows at a New Year archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2024.

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Archery event in Kyoto

Wearing traditional Japanese attire, young women celebrating their coming-of-age shoot arrows at a New Year archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2024.

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Young People Celebrating Coming-of-Age Shoot Arrows

KYOTO, Japan, - Jan 15: Wearing kimono, young women celebrating their coming-of-age shoot arrows in snow at a buddhist temple "Sanjusangendo" in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Jan. 15, 2017.

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 take aim at targets one meter in diameter and 60 meters away, during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 18, 2015.

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 take aim at targets one meter in diameter and 60 meters away, during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 18, 2015.

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 take aim at targets one meter in diameter and 60 meters away, during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 18, 2015.

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Archery event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 12, 2014. Around 1,600 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 12, 2014. Around 1,600 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 12, 2014. Around 1,600 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery competition at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Women in traditional attire celebrating their coming of age this year take part in an archery competition at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. Around 2,000 people from across the country, including the new adults, took part in the event.

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Archery competition at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Women in traditional attire celebrating their coming of age this year take part in an archery competition at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. Around 2,000 people from across the country, including the new adults, took part in the event.

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Archery in traditional attire

KYOTO, Japan - Young women in traditional attire take part in an archery competition at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. Around 2,000 people from across the country, including many aged 19 and 20 celebrating their coming of age this year, took part in the event.

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Annual archery contest held in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Twenty-year-olds take part in an annual archery contest held at Sanjusangendo in Kyoto on Jan. 15. Some 2,000 persons, including 1,800 who have just come of age, joined in the contest.

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2,600 people take part in arrow shooting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Women, clad in traditional Japanese kimono and skirt, prepare to release arrows at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward on Jan. 18. Some 2,600 people took part in the traditional event, in which they try to shoot a target 1 meter in diameter and 60 meters away.

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Women shoot arrows in Coming-of-Age Day ritual

Women who will be turning 20 this year shoot arrows at a target in Sanjusangendo (the main hall of Rengeoin, a small Buddhist temple in Kyoto), on Coming-of-Age Day Jan. 15. This type of archery contest dates back to the times of Iemitsu Tokugawa (1604-1651), the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, who forced his subordinate samurai warriors to compete in such contests.

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo in Kyoto

Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 aim at targets one meter in diameter and placed 60 meters away during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto on Jan. 17, 2016. Around 2,000 people from across Japan took part in the event, which apparently dates back to the 12th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo in Kyoto

Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 aim at targets one meter in diameter and placed 60 meters away during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto on Jan. 17, 2016. Around 2,000 people from across Japan took part in the event, which apparently dates back to the 12th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo in Kyoto

Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 aim at targets one meter in diameter and placed 60 meters away during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 17, 2016. Around 2,000 people from across Japan took part in the event, which apparently dates back to the 12th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual archery contest held in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Twenty-year-olds take part in an annual archery contest held at Sanjusangendo in Kyoto on Jan. 15. Some 2,000 persons, including 1,800 who have just come of age, joined in the contest. (Kyodo)

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

The same as the photo numbered 1-24, taken from a slightly lower angle looking up.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐36‐0]

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

This seems to be a southern view of the Senju Kannon sculptures facing south at Rengeo-in (Sanjusangendo). The main hall was rebuilt in 1266. A total of 1001 Senju Kannon (thousand-armed deity of mercy statues) surround, in rows of 10 by 50, the statue of seated Kannon in the centre. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo. The wooden statue in the left foreground is probably one of the Nijuhachi-bushu (28 Followers).==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐38‐0]

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

This seems to be a southern view of the Senju Kannon sculptures facing south at Rengeo-in (Sanjusangendo). The main hall was rebuilt in 1266. A total of 1001 Senju Kannon (thousand-armed deity of mercy statues) surround, in rows of 10 by 50, the statue of seated Kannon in the centre. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐91‐0]

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

This seems to be a southern view of the Senju Kannon sculptures facing south at Rengeo-in (Sanjusangendo). The main hall was rebuilt in 1266. A total of 1001 Senju Kannon (thousand-armed deity of mercy statues) surround, in rows of 10 by 50, the statue of seated Kannon in the centre. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐111‐0]

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Rickshaw on the approach

The approach to Chiseki-in Temple from the northern temple grounds of Rengeo-in (Sanjusangendo) Temple, facing east. The front gate of the temple is visible in the centre, with the Amidagamine Mountains in the background. The rickshaw driver going up the slope looks back at the camera. Since the brick walls of Kyoto Imperial Museum (built in 1895) are not visible, the photograph was taken prior to that date.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐91‐0]

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Altar at Sanjusangendo Temple

The prayer hall at Rengeo-in Main Temple (Sanjusangendo). The seated figure in the centre is surrounded by statues of the 28 Followers of Kannon and flanked on both sides by the guardian statues of Fujin (Wind Deity) and Raijin (Thunder Deity). Made entirely of wood, the seated Senju Kannon is 3.35 meters tall and carved in the yosegi style, or joined-block construction method, with a hippaku or gold leaf finish. The eyes are made of crystal. The statue of Senju Kannon was completed in 1254 by Tankei and his apprentices, Koen and Kosei.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐18‐0]

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

This seems to be a southern view of the Senju Kannon sculptures facing south at Rengeo-in (Sanjusangendo). The main hall was rebuilt in 1266. A total of 1001 Senju Kannon (thousand-armed deity of mercy statues) surround, in rows of 10 by 50, the statue of seated Kannon in the centre. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo. A small wooden offering stand is visible in front of the statues. Three of the statues are missing.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐17‐0]

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The Main Temple of Zenkoji

The main temple and the tower burned down 8 times. The present temple was restored in 1707(the 4th year of Hoei). The third largest wooden temple in Japan after the Great Buddha temple in Todaiji and Sanjusangendo in Nara, it is 23.7m wide, 52.8m deep, and 28m tall. The only difference between this photo and the one taken during the second decade of the Meiji period is that in this photo the corridor was painted red.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐13‐0]

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

The Sanjusangendo in Higashiyama-ku of Kyoto City. The temple enshrines the thousand Kannons offered by Taira Kiyomori at the request of the ex-Emperor Goshirakawa. The thousand Buddhas (wooden statues of thousand-handed Kannon, actually 1001 statues in all) are based on the anclent theory that if a ruler creates many Buddhas, the whole nation will be promised happiness. There are 500 statues in ten rows on both sides of the principal image of the seated thousand-handed Kannon, and one in the back. The inscription in the bottom reads 10000 .==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐24‐0]

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Archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Wearing traditional attire, women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 take aim at targets one meter in diameter and 60 meters away, during an archery event at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, on Jan. 18, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Archery in traditional attire

KYOTO, Japan - Young women in traditional attire take part in an archery competition at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. Around 2,000 people from across the country, including many aged 19 and 20 celebrating their coming of age this year, took part in the event. (Kyodo)

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Archery competition at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Women in traditional attire celebrating their coming of age this year take part in an archery competition at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. Around 2,000 people from across the country, including the new adults, took part in the event. (Kyodo)

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Archery competition at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Women in traditional attire celebrating their coming of age this year take part in an archery competition at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. Around 2,000 people from across the country, including the new adults, took part in the event. (Kyodo)

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Sanjusangendo

Sanjusangendo==Date:Early Meiji, Place:kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple ==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple

The thousand Kannon images in Sanjusangendo Temple==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Sanjusangendo in Kyoto

Undated file photo show statues of Senju Kannon (the 1000-armed Buddhist Goddess of Mercy) at the Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sanjusangendo in Kyoto

Undated file photo show statues of Senju Kannon (the 1000-armed Buddhist Goddess of Mercy) at the Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women coming of age shoot arrows in celebration

Women wearing kimono celebrate their coming-of-age by shooting arrows during a traditional archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 12, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women coming of age shoot arrows in celebration

Women wearing kimono celebrate their coming-of-age by shooting arrows during a traditional archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 12, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women coming of age shoot arrows in celebration

Women wearing kimono celebrate their coming-of-age by shooting arrows during a traditional archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 12, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women coming of age shoot arrows in celebration

Women wearing kimono celebrate their coming-of-age by shooting arrows during a traditional archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 12, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women coming of age shoot arrows in celebration

Women wearing kimono celebrate their coming-of-age by shooting arrows during an archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women coming of age shoot arrows in celebration

Women wearing kimono celebrate their coming-of-age by shooting arrows during an archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,001 Kannon statues

Photo shows 1,001 standing statues of Kannon at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, on Oct. 2, 2018, the first time in 26 years the full array of all the wooden statues has been exhibited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women coming of age shoot arrows in celebration

Women wearing kimono celebrate their coming-of-age by shooting arrows during a traditional ceremony at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, Japan, on Jan. 14, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo