神鹿
Sacred Deer
"Shinroku" (Sacred Deer) in the title means the deer of Miyajima. In 1879 a Hiroshima Prefecture rule banned hunting across the whole island. The deer still live right alongside people today.
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This photo of deer, titled "Shinroku" (Sacred Deer), was taken on Miyajima in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. It appears in Nihon Shashincho (Photo Album of Japan), published in 1912 (Meiji 45).
The deer of Miyajima have long been cherished on this island, home of Itsukushima Shrine. In 1879 (Meiji 12), a Hiroshima Prefecture rule made the entire island a no-hunting zone, and the album, too, presents them as the deer of the gods.
Deer still live right alongside people on the island today. To keep them from getting sick on human food, Hiroshima Prefecture and Hatsukaichi City prohibit feeding them.
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- 『日本写真帖』（明治45年1月）
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