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14494.33_Shimenawa

The entrance to the Japanese shrine of Kumano-jinja, with a curtain and the thickly plaited sacred rope (shimenawa) made of rice straw. All Shinto shrines have this rope to demarcate the sacred ground and exclude evil spirits. Meaning 'The Way of the Gods', Shinto is an animist folk religion.

Kumano, Japan

Author: Michael Freeman

File state: Final

Photo size: 18.7 Mpixels (53.5 MB uncompressed) - 5312x3520 pixels (17.7x11.7 in / 45.0x29.8 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Japan, Kumano, jinja, Shinto, shrine, religion, animism, sacred, spirit, rope, straw, shimenawa, protection, gate, entrance

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