Sarasvati Yoshiwara (吉原弁財天)
Pray for the souls of the deceased prostitutes
Pray for the souls of the deceased prostitutes
Yoshiwara Benzaiten (吉原弁財天 /Sarasvati Yoshiwara) is a place mourning for dead many harlots by the Great Kanto Earthquake here.
The "Yoshihara Kannon Statue (吉原観音像)" which was erected in 1926 is mourning for the lost girls.
A red 神社幟 (a flag of the shrine) is a landmark.
we will glad you when refered in sight-seeing.
Recently, it seems that it is also a Jinrikisha (人力車) course.
A stone monument with a red letter (stone carved with the name of the shrine).
These are few part of many 'Yoshiwara Benzaiten (吉原弁財天)' photos.
"Statue Yoshihara Kannon (吉原観音像)" standing on a mountain with rocks.
shrine of precincts (境内).
It was established in 1926 to pray for the souls of the women who drowned in the 'Great Kanto Earthquake'.
Incense sticks are prepared before Kannon statue. Everyone can pray.
At the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake, many women escaped to a pond in this place, and 490 people seemed to have drowned.
Kannon (観音) seems to be mourning the girls who died in unfortunate accidents...
Yoshiwara is founded in the Edo era and is the night town which spread out until the Showa era.
The photograph of working women is displayed on the bulletin board (old days). It is a sad history.
It seems that many girls in the Tohoku region born in a poor house were sold.
Mourning for the women who placed themselves in the ornate world, the narrow precincts are decorated gorgeously.
There is a small pond in the depths of the bamboo fence, and a carp and a goldfish swim.
Like the Yoshihara Shrine, there are many decorated pink cocoon ball decorations (繭玉飾り).
There are oriental mural paintings on the walls of the Shaden (社殿)...
It seems that students of Tokyo University of the Arts drawn.
A carp swimming in a small pond.
From the side of the Shaden (社殿)...
There are statues of Naked Benzaiten (弁財天 / God of Beauty) in the Shaden (社殿).
Although the shrine of precincts (境内) are narrow, they are maintained in beautiful.
The photograph was taken from 2014 to 2016.
Yoshiwara Benzaiten (吉原弁財天 /Sarasvati Yoshiwara) is unmanned, but neighboring people maintain it well.
An incense stick are burning early in the morning. It is such a place that you can tell that neighbors are taking care of themselves carefully.
When walking for about 3 minutes...
Yoshiwara Jinja Shrine (吉原神社)
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