A hanging scroll dating to the #Edo period (1600-1868) depicting the #Buddha #Shakyamuni (釈迦如来 #Shaka #Nyorai) surrounded by the Sixteen Divine Protectors of the Great Wisdom Sutra, Henjōzan Saifuku-ji, Ide, Kyoto Prefecture, #Japan.
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Iwato Myōken-gū (岩戸妙見宮), a shrine to the north west of the city, is home to 'Shūzan Jiun Reijin' (秋山自雲霊神), a god said to cure hemorrhoids and other problems of the lower body (particularly around the 
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The story of this deity begins in Edo (what is now Tōkyō)...
To provide fresh fish for shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康 1543-1616), bamboo pens were constructed in Edo Bay to hold live catches.
It was discovered that seaweed thrived on the bamboo fences, and soon fishing communities were actively farming the algae on sunken wooden frames.
After a severe famine and cholera epidemic in 1732, the 8th shōgun of the Edo bakufu, Tokugawa Yoshimune (徳川吉宗 1684-1751), ordered Japan's first fireworks display in 1733 as a memorial to the dead and as a prayer for the eradication of the lingering disease.
"Tea Things," Totoya Hokkei, 19th Century.
Hokkei (1780-1850) was Hokusai's greatest student and a popular printmaker of the Edo period. His forte was surimono, or elaborate woodblock prints. His prints were in demand among Edo's cultured and affluent crowd, with many prints being commissioned specially.
Hokkei was also a prolific illustrator, with his prints showing up in books of the period.
It's a chilly, rainy night here...I could use some tea!
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
ɐıunp zsɐɯoʇ 
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