Count Ōtani Kōzui, the 22nd Abbot of the Nishi Honganji sub-sect of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, with his family in Kyoto, Japan. Count Otani's family in their garden in Kyoto. Count Otani is the head Priest of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple. Mrs. Kazuko Otani, the sister of the Empress Teimei (the mother of Emperor Hirohito or Emperor Shōwa), holds a baby. Count Otani smiles at the baby. His elder daughter plays with the baby. Count Otani, his wife, three sons and two daughters walk along a path in the garden.
Wooden houses and buildings in Kyoto, Japan after World War II. Kyoto as seen from the roof of the Daimaru Department Store. Neatly and closely packed wooden houses. A modern-three story concrete building around which are built small wooden houses. More modern buildings as well as typical wood structures. Large chimneys of houses, roof tops and tree lined streets. Shijo Street shows modern brick and concrete structures two to seven floors high. Roof-tops of the houses. A modern five-story building. A view over the tops of the wooden houses. A very narrow street with tightly packed wooden houses on both sides of the street. Shijo Street shows modern buildings as well as typical wooden structures.
A view of Shijo Street in Kyoto, Japan. A view from the top of Daimaru Department Store (600-8511 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Shijo-dori Takakura 79, Tachiurinishimachi, Nishi-iru) shows trolley cars and pedestrians along Shijo Street. Contrast between Japanese-type houses and modern concrete buildings along Shijo Street. Japanese laborers work on trolley car tracks. In the background there are two and three-story buildings. Two Japanese women work on a kimono which is stretched between two trees. The women remove the stitches and place pliable wood splints across the width. They clean the kimono with a substance.
An aerial view of Kyoto, Japan. The aerial view of Kyoto taken from approximately 2000 feet height. The view shows tightly packed Japanese houses.
The Great Buddha of Kamakura at the Kōtoku-in Temple (4 Chome-2-28 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016, Japan). People worship in front of the statue. Monks in the temple. People walking in the courtyard of a shrine in Kamakura. Monks feed birds in front of th Higashi Hongan-Ji temple (Karasumadori Shichijo-agaru Kyoto, 600-8167 Japan) in Kyoto. Wood carvings on the ceiling of a temple. A monk touches the famous Hair Rope of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple. Back pose of a Japanese woman with traditional “icho-gaeshi” hair. The woman turns.
Kyoto Imperial Palace and a market place in Japan. A large group of 3rd grade school children march through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace. Children stop to pick flowers and rest. In Kobe: Japanese people pass through a shop area. A narrow street and newly erected shops in temporary buildings in Japanese market area.
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