#meiwa

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A Japanese-language pamphlet from Saikū Historical Museum (斎宮歴史博物館) in Meiwa, Mie Prefecture, featuring a detail from a folding screen dating to the 18th century illustrated with scenes from the Heian literary classic “Tales of Ise” (伊勢物語)

Acquired at the museum March 2, 1996

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Minamoto no Yoritomo en Yuki Onna in de sneeuw., Katsukawa Shunsho, 1770

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Two members of my favorite team.❤

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Local Kintetsu Line train cars elaborately decorated with images of the saiō or itsuki no miko (斎王) priestess along with her palace/shrine/office to advertise the Saikū Historical Museum (斎宮歴史博物館) in Meiwa, Mie Prefecture

Photo from a July 1, 2016 article in the Mainichi Shimbun

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A English-language pamphlet from Saikū Historical Museum (斎宮歴史博物館) in Meiwa, Mie Prefecture, approximately the location from around the seventh to the fourteenth century of the Saikū (斎宮) shrine/palace/public office/residence of the saiō or itsuki no miko (斎王) priestess, an unmarried female member of the Japanese imperial family sent to Ise to serve at Ise Grand Shrine (伊勢神宮)

Acquired at the museum March 2, 1996

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The entrance to Take Jinja Shrine (竹神社) in Meiwa, Mie Prefecture

Photo by Naoaki Imai in 2021