金曜日, 11月 18, 2005

お遍路(志度)2005年 062

This was an interesting, if not a little unsettling, assemblage of the heads of local family shrine statues. A fascinating feature of rural Japan is that families have lived in the area, and maintained their family plot of land for dozens of generations. Since Shinto/Buddhist custom requires the cremation of the body after death, most families erect a statue/tombstone/small shrine on their plot of land to protect the ashes/spirit of the dearly departed. With this tradition continued for hundreds of years, some of the statues fall into disrepair and others have histories that have been lost over time. It's interesting to think about what different eras each of these recovered statuary heads had been recovered from.

1 Comments:

At 11:03 午後, Anonymous 匿名 said...

ハローまいく。ようこだよ。マイク写真撮るの上手だね。なんか日本の文化あふれるブログだわ。

 

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