Wednesday, August 20, 2025

(3455) Like we said, Hachiman...

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 ...is a deity of war so it isn't strange that at Tomioka Hachimangu there is also a statue of a sacred horse. The symbol on its saddle is mitsudomoe (三つ巴), the symbol of Hachiman. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore 2" set on Flickr).

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