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Sensō-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant.
Formerly associated with the Tendai sect, it became independent after World War II. Adjacent to the temple is a Shinto shrine, the Asakusa Shrine.
The temple is dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon (Avalokitesvara). According to legend, a statue of the Kannon was found in the Sumida River in 628 by two fishermen, the brothers Hinokuma Hamanari and Hinokuma Takenari. The chief of their village, Hajino Nakamoto, recognized the sanctity of the statue and enshrined it by remodeling his own house into a small temple in Asakusa, so that the villagers could worship the Kannon.
The first temple was founded in 645 C.E., which makes it the oldest temple in Tokyo. In the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu designated Sensō-ji as tutelary temple of the Tokugawa clan.
The Nishinomiya Inari Shrine is located within the precincts of Sensō-ji; and a torii identifies the entry into the hallowed ground of a Shinto shrine. A bronze plaque on the gateway structure lists those who contributed to the construction of the torii, which was erected in 1727.
During World War II, the temple was bombed and destroyed. It was rebuilt later and is a symbol of rebirth and peace to the Japanese people. In the courtyard there is a tree that was hit by a bomb in the air raids, and it had regrown in the husk of the old tree and is a similar symbol to the temple itself.
Dominating the entrance to the temple is the Kaminarimon or "Thunder Gate".
This imposing Buddhist structure features a massive paper lantern dramatically painted in vivid red-and-black tones to suggest thunderclouds and lightning.
Beyond the Kaminarimon is Nakamise-dori with its shops, followed by the Hōzōmon or "Treasure House Gate" which provides the entrance to the inner complex.
The Nakamise-dori shops themselves are part of a living tradition of selling to pilgrims who walked to Sensō-ji.
Within the temple itself, and also at many places on its approach, there are omikuji stalls. A suggested donation of 100 yen, will buy an omikuji (fortune written on a small piece of paper). You place the money in an honour box and shake a small cylinder containing sticks with numbers written on them. Shake the cylinder until one of the sticks falls out and pull your fortune from a drawer with the corresponding number. If your fortune is bad, tie the paper onto a nearby string so that the wind can disperse the bad luck.
In the temple forecourt is an incense burner. Here you will usually see a group of visitors fanning smoke from the burning incense over themselves. The incense is believed to have healing powers, and so fanning the smoke over your ailment will help to heal it. If you suffer from headache, fan some of the smoke over your head.
Within the temple is a quiet contemplative garden kept in the distinctive Japanese style.
Within the precincts stand a stately five-story pagoda and the main hall, devoted to Kannon Bosatsu.
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Ulua River Incense burner in form of a jaguar AD 850-950,
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Lhassa Tibet
Devant le Jokhang dans le quartier du Barkhor un sankang (brûleur d'encens).
Il y en avait, aux quatre points cardinaux où l'encens brûlait continuellement pour apaiser les dieux protégeant le Jokhang.
D'après diapositive.
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This incense burner was in the northernmost reaches of the Forbidden City in the Imperial Garden. Note how much finer the finished detail is here compared with the one seen in my previous post in this stream. I note from more modern photos online that the burner is now protected by an iron railing keeping the public back, presumably to avoid the sort of touching (and presumably resultant wear and tear) seen above.
Built during the Ming dynasty in 1417, the rectangular garden is some 130m x 90m. It was a private refuge for the imperial family and as such is a classic example of Chinese garden design. It has about 20 buildings, each of a different style, and the ways in which they harmonise with trees, rock gardens, flower beds and sculptural objects such as bronze incense burners are intended to promote great harmony.
The pavilions at each of the garden's four corners symbolise the four seasons. The most famous, symbolising spring, occupies the north-eastern corner. Nearby you can climb a small artificial hill, with a cave. It is dominated by the Imperial Vision Pavilion (Yujingyuan). Emperors rarely went up there. The paths are paved with varied patterns made of coloured pebbles, symbolising luck and fortune. At the northern end of the garden is Shenwumen, the Divine Power Gate, and the rear exit of the Forbidden City.
At the exhibition "Parfums de Chine, la culture de l'encens au temps des empereurs", Musée Cernuschi, Paris
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Beijing, Forbidden City, May 2011
During the Qing Dynasty, this hall was one of the most important buildings in the Forbidden City. Starting with Yongzhen (1723 – 1735), the emperors resided, held audiences and conducted state affairs in this hall. It is also the part of the palace where the deposed Emperor Xuantong (better known as Puyi) spent his last years in the Forbidden City.
This fine (and probably very heavy) example was one of a number of large bronzes seen throughout the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Patrick TAM below gives a good rationale that this was probably just a good-luck symbol rather than an incense burner, several of which were also dotted around the courtyards.
Patron: Ahmad ibn Tulun 835-884, governor of Egypt (r.868-872), de-facto ruler of Egypt (from the Abbasid Caliphate in Iraq) (r.872-884).
Islamic Monument #220
Lhassa Tibet
Le Barkhor était le lieu de circumambulation préféré des pèlerins et des habitants de Lhassa. Le parcours faisait un kilomètre de long autour du Jokhang, englobant l'ancien siège de l'Oracle d'État, ou monastère de Muru Nyingba, nombre de maisons de la noblesse tibétaine (dont le Tromzikhang et le Jamkhang. Il y avait, aux quatre points cardinaux, quatre grands brûleurs (sankangs) où l'encens brûlait continuellement pour apaiser les dieux protégeant le Jokhang.
D'après diapositive.
Oman // Muscat / Incense Burner
Monument near Mutrah Harbour
Symbool van Muscat. De spierwitte wierookharsbrander heeft een terras, het zicht op Mutrah en de baaien is magnifiek.
Uit reishandboek Oman
door Jan Willem Hamel
Scanned from film shot in 1991
Sensō-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant.
Formerly associated with the Tendai sect, it became independent after World War II. Adjacent to the temple is a Shinto shrine, the Asakusa Shrine.
The temple is dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon (Avalokitesvara). According to legend, a statue of the Kannon was found in the Sumida River in 628 by two fishermen, the brothers Hinokuma Hamanari and Hinokuma Takenari. The chief of their village, Hajino Nakamoto, recognized the sanctity of the statue and enshrined it by remodeling his own house into a small temple in Asakusa, so that the villagers could worship the Kannon.
The first temple was founded in 645 C.E., which makes it the oldest temple in Tokyo. In the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu designated Sensō-ji as tutelary temple of the Tokugawa clan.
The Nishinomiya Inari Shrine is located within the precincts of Sensō-ji; and a torii identifies the entry into the hallowed ground of a Shinto shrine. A bronze plaque on the gateway structure lists those who contributed to the construction of the torii, which was erected in 1727.
During World War II, the temple was bombed and destroyed. It was rebuilt later and is a symbol of rebirth and peace to the Japanese people. In the courtyard there is a tree that was hit by a bomb in the air raids, and it had regrown in the husk of the old tree and is a similar symbol to the temple itself.
Dominating the entrance to the temple is the Kaminarimon or "Thunder Gate".
This imposing Buddhist structure features a massive paper lantern dramatically painted in vivid red-and-black tones to suggest thunderclouds and lightning.
Beyond the Kaminarimon is Nakamise-dori with its shops, followed by the Hōzōmon or "Treasure House Gate" which provides the entrance to the inner complex.
The Nakamise-dori shops themselves are part of a living tradition of selling to pilgrims who walked to Sensō-ji.
Within the temple itself, and also at many places on its approach, there are omikuji stalls. A suggested donation of 100 yen, will buy an omikuji (fortune written on a small piece of paper). You place the money in an honour box and shake a small cylinder containing sticks with numbers written on them. Shake the cylinder until one of the sticks falls out and pull your fortune from a drawer with the corresponding number. If your fortune is bad, tie the paper onto a nearby string so that the wind can disperse the bad luck.
In the temple forecourt is an incense burner. Here you will usually see a group of visitors fanning smoke from the burning incense over themselves. The incense is believed to have healing powers, and so fanning the smoke over your ailment will help to heal it. If you suffer from headache, fan some of the smoke over your head.
Within the temple is a quiet contemplative garden kept in the distinctive Japanese style.
Within the precincts stand a stately five-story pagoda and the main hall, devoted to Kannon Bosatsu.
The interior of the temple is actually a partially covered courtyard, at the end of which is the altar to Thiên Hậu. The exposed portions of the courtyard contain incense burners, and open the view to the remarkable porcelain dioramas that decorate the roof. The dioramas show scenes from a 19th century Chinese city, and include such colorful figures as actors, demons, animals, and Persian and European sailors and traders. In one scene, actors depict a duel on horseback battle between the revered halberd-wielding general Guan Yu of the novel Three Kingdoms and another fighter. Another scene depicts the three Taoist sages representing longevity, fecundity and prosperity. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thien_Hau_Temple,_Ho_Chi_Minh_City
Even though you are not in a Buddhist temple or are not taking part in an ancient Egyptian ritual, these golden incense burners will make you feel that you are traveling through time and space.
These two peaceful shimmering incense burners are a perfect gift for a incense lover.
Made from a special handmade clay, which is very strong.
Size: Bird with crown: 1 3/5" x 1 3/5"
other bird: 1 3/5" x 1"
Mummies of Ancient Eggypt: Rediscovering 6 Lives
From July 14 to October 26, the CaixaForum Madrid cultural space hostsed an exhibition made up of a collection of objects on loan from the British Museum in London, which explores the idea of mummification and analyzes the testimony of six people who lived in the Ancient Egypt.
This sample contains six mummies of people who lived between 900 and 150 BC. C. in Egypt. Thus, through a non-invasive investigation carried out with the most modern technology, the discoveries that have been achieved by the hand of these specimens are exhibited.
Through scientific and historical evidence, it is possible to observe what life was like in these lands, the tools and techniques used for mummification, the medicinal recipes with which they were cured, the diet of those people, cosmetics and adornments, music, cultural exchanges and even the role of women and children in the Egypt of the pharaohs.
Mummification became a common practice in ancient Egypt, believing that the body had to be preserved in order to reach the afterlife. For them death was just the beginning and this represented the separation between the body and the soul.
The first mummies are dated between 4000 and 3000 BC. C. and it is thought that this practice could have come from accidentally unearthing some corpses, which had dried due to the heat of the desert. By keeping much of their physical appearance, they tried to manually mimic this preservation. In this way, they dried the deceased by extracting the viscera from the body and then dehydrated them with natron and embalmed them.
I think this is an incense burner. Handmade 5½" tall ceramic with raised baby birds in a nest on front. In my collection. Nov. 2018.
INCENSE BURNER at Shinshoji Temple
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--------------------------------- INCENSE BURNER at Shinshoji Temple
they said that the smoke at the incense burner offered by the people at the shrine and temples can cure both mentally and spiritually.
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Esse foi o up do Virgin Queen.Na verdade, já usei ele de caso pensado pra fazer algo nesse estilo com o Incense Burner.
Fiz o degrade com a esponjinha e carimbei depois com o próprio Incense Burner. Achei que ficou singelo e chique. xD
A plaquinha usada foi a Moyou Princess 12.