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Rokuharamitsuji Temple (六波羅蜜寺) in Kyoto as it looked in the 18th century, with more extensive and elaborate temple grounds before the Meiji Restoration of 1868

Illustration from “An Illustrated Guide to Famous Places in the Capital” (都名所図会), 1790, written by Akisato Ritō (秋里籬島) and illustrated by Takehara Shun’chōsai (竹原春朝斎)

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An illustration of the Ushi Matsuri or “Cow Festival” (牛祭) at Kōryūji Temple (広隆寺) and the temple’s protective shrine Ōsake Jinja (大酒神社) as pictured in the late Edo period, counted as one of the Three Peculiar Festivals of Kyoto

Illustration from “An Illustrated Guide to Famous Places in the Capital” (都名所図会), 1790, written by Akisato Ritō (秋里籬島) and illustrated by Takehara Shun’chōsai (竹原春朝斎)

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