鎌倉八幡宮境内蓮池
Lotus Pond in the Grounds of Kamakura Hachimangu
Large round leaves crowd the bottom of the picture, and a row of thin slats crosses above them. The Hachimangu in the title is Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, where red and white lotuses still bloom in the shrine's ponds every summer.
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Large round leaves pack the bottom two-thirds or so of the picture. Judging from the title and the English caption, they appear to be lotus leaves, and in the lower left are two shapes that look like bright flowers or leaves. Above them, a row of thin vertical slats crosses from left to right. At the top is a large, dark stand of trees; in the upper left, part of a building with a row of pillars shows up whitish, and in the corner, just a little bright sky is visible.
"Kamakura Hachimangu" in the title means Tsurugaoka Hachimangu. The ponds in its grounds are commonly called the Genpei Ponds, and were made on the orders of Minamoto no Yoritomo. They are divided into the Genji Pond, with three islands, and the Heike Pond, with four; three is said to stand for prosperity and four for decline. Even today, red and white lotuses bloom in the Genpei Ponds every summer.
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- 『日本名勝写真帖』（明治31年10月）
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- 128+ years ago
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