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Originally shaped Ema at Fushimi Inari Taisha

Thu, January 17, 2013, by Muza-chan
At any Shinto shrine, you will see booths selling wooden votive plaques (ema), with various drawings and shapes, often with unique designs made especially for the shrine. Usually, these plaques have the same shape, almost rectangular, but a very few shrines have special designs: at the Fushimi Inari Taisha from Kyoto, the shrine famous for the thousands of torii, you will find ema shaped like... torii gates. Some of the most beautiful ema I have ever seen, they are used like any other votive plaques and the wishes are written on them, as you can see in today's photo:

Ema, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto
EXIF info:

Nikon D700
Lens: 24-70mm F/2.8G
Focal Length: 70mm
Aperture: F/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/640s
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 320


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