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PLATE XV

Furo-No-Yashiro, a Shinto Shrine Dedicated to a Sword Believed to Possess Miraculous Power

Notice the topography and surroundings of the spot and several adjunct shrines beside the main building in the centre. The trees surrounding the shrine are chiefly pines and sugi. For an account of such shrines see pp. 246—7.

Taken from Yamato Meisho Zu, the illustrated descriptions of the famous places in the province of Yamato.