Historical Images – Shinto
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c. 711 CE

Temizu Basin – Itsukushima Jinja/Shrine. The purpose of the ritual is to remove sins by washing parts of the body with water. (Itsukushima is an island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan)

768 CE

A woman tying her fortune (omikuji) at Kasuga Shrine. [Nara, Japan]