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SHINTO PROCESSION AT THE FESTIVAL OF HOLLYHOCKS AT KYOTO
| Shintoism, the national religion of Japan, exists contemporaneously with Buddhism, many of whose ideas it has assimilated. In Shinto temples offerings are not made to idols, but to the gods whose souls are believed to dwell in chests containing sacred emblems. In the photograph a nobleman with white-robed attendants is seen specially garbed for the yearly festival of Aoi or Hollyhocks |
IMPERIAL CHARIOT ON A TOUR OF VISITATION TO SHINTO SHRINES
| This cumbersome equipage borne by sturdy priests represents, though does not actually contain, the Emperor's person. In recognition of the official religion, the Emperor sends a representative annually on May 15 from the palace at Kyoto to visit various shrines with offerings of hollyhocks. The festival is of great antiquity, and is said to date from the reign of the Emperor Kimmei, A.D. 540-571 |