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Storm Kathleen brought strong winds to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of western England on Saturday, April 6. Videos posted on social media show big waves hitting the coasts across the regions.

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230714) -- NANJING, July 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 10, 2023 shows the Nanjing Xuanwu Lake, the city wall of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Jiming Temple in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The ancient city Nanjing, with a history of around 2,500 years, has started many renewal projects along the Qinhuai River in recent years. This has helped bring the old and new together to create a brighter future of the city. Such urban renewal projects have also led to the prosperity of the cultural sector in the ancient city. In 2022, the added value of Nanjing's cultural industry reached 112 billion yuan (about 15.6 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for 6.6 percent of the city's gross domestic product. In 2019, Nanjing was recognized as a city of literature by UNESCO because of its literary history and heritage. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

(Same location as the photo numbered 11-32.) A man holds an umbrella, and some people sit in the temple grounds.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐4‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

(same Location as the photo numbered 2-25) A tree stands next to the central stone pillar (not seen in the photo numbered 2-25). At the corner of the square, facing Lake Biwa, are four benches, and people stand by looking at the scenery. Near the tree in the square, a woman holds the hand of her child with a towel over her head, and a woman holds her child while another holds an umbrella over them. Part of the roof of the Hachu can be seen in the foreground.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐23‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

Onjoji Temple in Otsu. The name Mii originates from the spiritual waters in the well called Akai . It is located on a scenic spot at the middle of Mt.Nagara. The view from the Kannondo Hall is especially famous. To the left is the main building, and there is a platform in the centre. Lake Biwa can be seen in the distance.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐25‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

View of Otsu from Kannondo at Miidera Temple (official name: Enjoji Temple). The canal in the centre is the Lake Biwa Waterway built in 1890 to supply drinking water to Kyoto, generate electricity, and facilitate transportation. Miidera, the 14th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan, commanded a panoramic view of Lake Biwa and bustled with worshippers.==Date:1904, Place:Otsu, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐47‐0]

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Streets,Houses of Otsu

View from the east of Takakannon (official name: Chikamatsudera) looking northwest. Along with the Kannondo of Enjoji, this temple was a popular place to view Lake Biwa. The army barracks where the ninth infantry regiment was stationed in 1875 are visible, but the Lake Biwa Waterway (completed in 1886) has not yet been constructed, indicating that this photograph was taken between those two dates.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐74‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

View of Otsu from Kannondo at Miidera Temple (official name: Enjoji Temple). Enjoji is the 14th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan. The canal in the centre is the Lake Biwa Waterway built in 1890 to supply drinking water, generate electricity, and facilitate transportation. The state of the surroundings suggests that this photograph was taken soon after the completion of the waterway.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐12‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Ishiyama

View of Seta River from Tsukimi-tei at Ishiyamadera Temple, with Lake Biwa and the Hira Mountain Range in the distance. The bridge in the centre is Seta-no-Karahashi, formerly the only bridge spanning Seta River and an important transportation route in ancient times. At present there are many bridges over the river.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐14‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

View of Otsu from Kannondo at Miidera Temple (official name: Enjoji Temple). Enjoji is the 14th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan. The canal in the centre is the Lake Biwa Waterway built in 1890 to supply drinking water, generate electricity, and facilitate transportation. The state of the surroundings suggests that this photograph was taken soon after the completion of the waterway.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐13‐0]

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A view of Lake Biwa from Ishiyamadera Temple

View of Seta River from Tsukimi-tei at Ishiyamadera Temple. During the Heian Period, aristocratic women worshipped at the temple, and in later years it attracted many commoners as the 13th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan. One of the Eight Scenes of Oumi, it was referred to as Ishiyama-no-Shugetsu (Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple). This image appears on postcards and in various photographs.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐23‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

View of Otsu from Kannondo at Miidera Temple (official name: Enjoji Temple). Many photographs have been taken from this spot because it commands an unobstructed view of Lake Biwa. The irrigation canal that appears in other photographs is not visible here, indicating that this photograph was taken before 1886.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐27‐0]

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A view of Lake Biwa from Ishiyamadera Temple

View of Seta River from Tsukimi-tei at Ishiyamadera Temple. During the Heian Period, aristocratic women worshipped at the temple, and in later years it attracted many commoners as the 13th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan. One of the Eight Scenes of Oumi, it was referred to as Ishiyama-no-Shugetsu (Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple). This image appears on postcards and in various photographs.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐18‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

View of Otsu from Kannondo at Miidera Temple (official name: Enjoji Temple). Enjoji is the 14th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan. The canal in the centre is the Lake Biwa Waterway built in 1890 to supply drinking water, generate electricity, and facilitate transportation. The state of the surroundings suggests that this photograph was taken soon after the completion of the waterway.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐103‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

View of Otsu from Kannondo at Miidera Temple (official name: Enjoji Temple). Enjoji is the 14th temple in the circuit of 33 Holy Kannon Temples of Western Japan. The canal in the centre is the Lake Biwa Waterway built in 1890 to supply drinking water, generate electricity, and facilitate transportation. The state of the surroundings suggests that this photograph was taken soon after the completion of the waterway.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐2‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

The series of photos with the same title is interesting with slightly different distribution of buildings, background, and colours. (See photos numbered 2-25, 10-23, 11-32, 19-4, 25-82, 40-21, 49-2, 48-103).==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number42‐25‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

Lake Shinobazu had a Bentendo on Chikubu Island which was built by the priest Tenkai, forming a miniature of Lake Biwa, when he built Kanei Temple in the second year of Kanei (1625). Mt. Ueno provides a bird's eye view from the Kiyomizuzaka. There are tea houses along the approach. Further on, there is a Bentendo in the center, with the Kijiin to the right. A photo before Mt. Ueno was designated as a park in the 1873.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐6‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

The same as the photo numbered 2-25. The series of photos are interesting with the same title have small differences in the buildings of the temple, background, and colors. (See photos numbered 10-23, 11-32, 19-4, 25-82, 42-25, 48-2, 48-103).==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐21‐0]

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Miidera Temple

The explanation of the picture says One of the eight scenic spots of Omi. Located to the side of the mountain within Otsu City, it is the 14th Kannon where amulets are distributed to pilgrims of west Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number30‐9‐0]

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UKIMIDO at KATADA

The Ukimido of Mangetsuji in Kashida, Otsu City. It is said to have been built by the priest Eshin during the Chotoku years (995-99) to pray for safety on the lake and the welfare of the people. It has been the theme of haiku and ukiyoe prints from ancient days, including a famous haiku by Matsuo Basho. The present Ukimido was rebuilt in 1937, and some details differ from the one in the picture.==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number30‐7‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

Another series of photos with the same title interestingly show slightly different things in the temple compounds and colours. (See pictures numbered 2-25, 10-23, 11-32, 19-4, 40-21, 42-25, 48-2, 48-103.)==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐82‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

This is almost the same structure as the photo numbered 6-19. In comparison to 6-19, the camera is further back and the lake is taken from a wider angle. In the background are houses and trees on the other side of the river.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐49‐0]

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Lake Biwa seen from Miidera Temple

Location is the same as the photo numbered 2-25, but without the tree standing next to the stone pillar in the centre, bench and stand in the residence. The view has shifted to the right, so the Irimoya to the left next to the Hachu is seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐32‐0]

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The Sanmon Gate of Chion-in Temple

Shinbashi Street of the Higashiyama district of Kyoto City. Chionin is the head temple of the Jodo Sect which was initiated by Honen Jonin of Yoshimizu Zenbo (temple of the Zen sect). The gate is the largest Sakura Gate in Japan, built by Tokugawa Hidetada. The construction was started in 1619 and completed two years later. The photo looks at the gate over the stone bridge to the right of the lake within the temple.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐40‐0]

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Garden at the Jojuin sub temple of Kiyomizu-dera

Built in the early Edo period, Jojuin garden is known as the Moon Garden. A lantern stands amid the stone structures, and small bridges are built between the small stones in the lake. At the rear of the trees are cut backs. A gardener can be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐14‐0]