信濃善光寺
Zenkoji Temple, Shinano Province
Even in this dark photograph, the roof spreading wide to the left and right has a heavy, solid shape. On the right, a dark grove grows thick.
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A large roof with a pointed ridge spreads its eaves wide to the left and right. Beneath the roof runs a long wall, with several horizontal lines layered across it. At the far left another small roof peeks out, and on the right are a dark grove and something whitish beneath it. The top quarter or so is pale sky.
According to the temple's tradition, its buildings were raised in 644, the third year of Empress Kogyoku's reign, at the imperial wish, and it was named Zenkoji after Honda Yoshimitsu. It still belongs to no single sect and is looked after by both the Tendai and Jodo schools.
Turn to the right end of the great roof, and the tip of the eaves juts sharply into the pale sky in front of the trees. Where the roof meets the sky, its outline reads clearly.
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- Source title
- 『日本名勝写真帖』（明治31年10月）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- 128+ years ago
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