A Year in Pictures – Kannon atop Fukusaiji

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Remember that turtle head from a while ago? Here’s more context for it. I don’t have any especially good shots of the whole temple, but envision that head sticking out over the front door, the entire roof shaped like the back of a giant silver turtle, and at the top . . . this. A statue of Kannon huge enough to be seen from a mile away, with children arrayed adoringly at her feet.

I told you it was a weird place.

This is one of the few photos where I haven’t just done normal editing to it. The sky was very cloudy that day, which made for very boring light; at my father’s suggestion I dropped the “aged photo” filter over it, giving the whole thing the sepia tinge you see here.

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Comments

[akashiver.livejournal.com]

Scrolling down quickly, I assumed it was a statue of some terrible guy about to shoot a pleading kid in the head.

Um... Glad it's not?

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Heheheh. Well, Kannon's name does look a lot like "cannon" . . . .