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TAKI NO SHIRAITO

TAKI NO SHIRAITO aka CASCADING WHITE THREADS aka THE WATER MAGICIAN aka WHITE THREADS OF THE WATERFALL aka WHITE THREADS OF THE CASCADES Date: 1933

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Shiraito Falls

Shiraito Falls. Approximately 10 km to the north of Fujinomiya, visitors arrive at Shiraito Falls via Kariyado. It is approximately 29.4 m in height and 2.1 m in width. The largest of the falls is called Ondaki and Mendaki, from the Dai Nippon Chimei Jisho (Dictionary of Place Names).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐14‐0]

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Shiraito Falls

Shiraito Falls in Kamiide, Fujinomiya City. The melt water from Mt. Fuji is blocked at the precipice, wells up from the lava bed, and spills over as hundreds of thin waterfalls into the basin. Metaki Falls is not visible. The water becomes Shiba River and flows into Fuji River. These falls were designated as a National Scenic Spot in 1936.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐18‐0]

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Shiraito Falls

Distant view of Shiraito Falls. Water wells up from the 20 meter-high lava bed which stretches for two hundred meters, and spills over as hundreds of white threads into the basin below. The water creates Shiba River and flows into Fuji River. These falls were designated as a National Scenic Spot in 1936.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐50‐0]

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Shiraito Falls

Close-up photograph of Shiraito Falls at Kamiide in Fujinomiya City. The melt water from Mt. Fuji is blocked at the precipice, wells up from the lava bed, and spills over as hundreds of thin waterfalls into the basin. Otaki (Male) and Metaki (Female) Falls are visible on the right. These falls were designated as a National Scenic Spot in 1936.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐67‐0]

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A home in the cave,Dogashima Island

This is the cave just before Shiraito Falls after going up the mountain road behind Yakushi-do after crossing Hayakawa River from Dogashima. It is reported that the famous Buddhist monk Musokokushi (1275-1351, a Zen priest and probably the most important figure in Japanese medieval garden design) practiced religious austerities during Muromachi Period. An old man and young sisters are standing at the entrance of the cave and someone appears inside. Sandals are being dried on the rock and the bloom and pail are placed at the entrance. It is possible that they used the water from the falls.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐21‐0]

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Stone steps to Shirataki Fudoson Temple and a teahouse

The road leading to Shiraito Fudoson at the bottom of Negishi Fudo Slope. The roof of the main hall is visible at the top of the steps. The Shiraito Fudoson was a place of worship for the villagers of Negishi from ancient times. But when the Japanese government enacted legislation separating Buddhism and Shintoism at the time of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the facility was renamed Shirataki-san Fudoin Temple, and it remains today as a Buddha hall affiliated with Hoshakuji Temple.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐87‐0]

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Stone steps of nikko takino-o shrine

Tanohimemiko, the Goddess of Nyohozan, is worshipped at Takinoo Shrine at Nikko. The picture shows the steps leading to the Shiraito Falls and Takinoo Shrine. The Fudodo Temple which used to stand by Shiraito Falls does not exist at present.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐5‐0]

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Shiraito Falls

Shiraito Falls. A branch of the Fuji River, Shiba River becomes a waterfall here. There is a monument with a poem by Kamo Hidetaka : Without knowing the time, water from snow or from heaven, falls perpetually at Shiraito (From the Dainippon Dictionary of Place Names).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐29‐0]