“GODDESS OF MERCY” FESTIVAL IN TOKYO.—Schoolgirls carrying one of the portable shrines dedicated to Kannon, Japan’s Goddess of Mercy, through a street in the district of Asakusa, to commemorate the finding of a Kannon statue in the Sumida river 1300 years ago. Eighty-two shrines were carried by young and old in the parade.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31381, 29 May 1967, Page 2
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53“GODDESS OF MERCY” FESTIVAL IN TOKYO.—Schoolgirls carrying one of the portable shrines dedicated to Kannon, Japan’s Goddess of Mercy, through a street in the district of Asakusa, to commemorate the finding of a Kannon statue in the Sumida river 1300 years ago. Eighty-two shrines were carried by young and old in the parade. Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31381, 29 May 1967, Page 2
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