The greatest mask of all long-nosed goblin ones of Japan Kashouzan Mirokuji temple at Gunma Japan Asia

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Mirokuji was begun as the temple of the Tendai sect in 848. In 1456, it is converted to a Soto sect and is the temple which is prayer place of The first General Ieyasu Tokugawa. When people come for prayer, they borrow one mask of long-nosed goblin. When their wish came true, there is a custom to come again for prayer with the mask and another new one . The greatest of all the long-nosed goblin masks in Japan, its length of the face： , its height of the nose： ,was enshrined in the Chuhodo for prayer of the victory of the World War 2 in 1939 years.

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Size: 3467px × 5200px
Photo credit: © Masa Uemura / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: architecture, construction, goblin, historical, jingu, jinja, kenchiku, kenzobutsu, mask, rekishi, religion, shinto, shrine, shukyo, temple, tengu, tera