Winter Gold / Kyoto Kitano Tenmangu 蝋梅 京都北野天満宮
location :Kitano tenmangu ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 北野天満宮
The shrine was first built in 947 to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan.
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers be sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These messenger, called heihaku, were initially presented to 16 shrines;and in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Kitano. -wikipeia
EOS M5/EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
ƒ/16.0 75.0 mm 1/20sec ISO640/ all manual
Winter Gold / Kyoto Kitano Tenmangu 蝋梅 京都北野天満宮
location :Kitano tenmangu ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 北野天満宮
The shrine was first built in 947 to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan.
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers be sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These messenger, called heihaku, were initially presented to 16 shrines;and in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Kitano. -wikipeia
EOS M5/EF-M55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
ƒ/16.0 75.0 mm 1/20sec ISO640/ all manual