Monday, December 8, 2025

(3529) Back to Afuri Jinja on Mt. Oyama...

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...and its tengu: other than the deity Takaokami no Kami we mentioned the other day which is also called "kotengu" or "little tengu", apparently there is also some big tengu with a large nose and everything --here on one of the votive tablets called "ema" (絵馬). Being a fan of tengu, I will look into the matter a little more carefully next time. 

(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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