The variety of Japanese shoe shapes and designs is mainly tailored to the weather conditions and the wearer’s profession.
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The Fire-Fly’s Lovers. Fairy tale of old Japan
The fairy tale of Princess Hotaru-himé.
The Great Bell at Chio-In temple, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto.
Chion-in (monastery of Gratitude), in Higashiyama-ku, is the principal Buddhist monastery of the Jōdo sect.
Japan. Buddhist Priests
Buddhism. The existence of a supreme God is ignored, and life is regarded as an evil.
The Inari Temple at Kyōto, Japan.
The Fushimi Inari-Taisha is a Shintō shrine in the Fushimi district of Kyōto city.
The Seven Patrons of Happiness & the Japanese Treasure Ship.
The Shi chi fuku Jin (七福神 shichifukujin) or seven Patrons of Happiness.
The Japanese Sword and Its Decoration
The sword of Japan may be called a key to the study of the history, folklore, and customs of the country.
Landscape gardening in Japan.
LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Flowers and Gardens of Japan by Florence Du Cane
Episcopal costume. The Mitra Pretiosa of the 14th c.
Episcopal costume and insignia. The mitre, the cross, the superhumeral, the ring, the gloves, the shoes.
Aveline de Forz, Countess of Aumale. Reign of Henry III.
Aveline de Forz, Countess of Albemarle and Lady of Holderness was married to Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, the second son of Henry III of England