Artist:
unkown artist
Title:
Male and Female Lion Heads
Year:
1657
Adress:
Shinto shrine
www.wikipedia.org:
Namiyoke Shrine is an Inari shrine that was built on the water's edge when this part of Tokyo (then Edo) was created from landfill after the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. The name of the shrine literally means "protection from waves."
After the Tsukiji fish market was established in its present location after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, the Namiyoke Inari Shrine became an unofficial guardian shrine for the marketplace and its traders. The courtyard of the shrine is dotted with various memorial plaques and carvings donated by trade groups in the marketplace.
www.sanpai-japan.com:
Namiyoke Inari Shrine is particularly famous for the Tsukiji Shishi Matsuri festival which takes place every June. During the festival, two gigantic lion heads parade through the city. These two lion heads were created in 1848 and can be seen right inside the sanctuary.
The male lion head (painted black) weighs one ton (2200 pounds) and the female lion head (painted red) weighs 0.7 ton (1500 pounds). These lion heads are considered a form of mikoshi (portable sanctuary).
Namiyoke Shrine is an Inari shrine that was built on the water's edge when this part of Tokyo (then Edo) was created from landfill after the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. The name of the shrine literally means "protection from waves."
After the Tsukiji fish market was established in its present location after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, the Namiyoke Inari Shrine became an unofficial guardian shrine for the marketplace and its traders. The courtyard of the shrine is dotted with various memorial plaques and carvings donated by trade groups in the marketplace.
www.sanpai-japan.com:
Namiyoke Inari Shrine is particularly famous for the Tsukiji Shishi Matsuri festival which takes place every June. During the festival, two gigantic lion heads parade through the city. These two lion heads were created in 1848 and can be seen right inside the sanctuary.
The male lion head (painted black) weighs one ton (2200 pounds) and the female lion head (painted red) weighs 0.7 ton (1500 pounds). These lion heads are considered a form of mikoshi (portable sanctuary).