SAMURAI vs DEMON, Woodcarving of floats for Japan s Shinto festivals, 2
This wood carving is a decorative sculpture adorning a float used in the rituals of the Tomishima Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. I will start selling the same chisels I use. Although it is not open yet (the date has not been decided yet, but we hope to open by the end of November), you can subscribe to the website below and we will notify you by email when the products are in stock. If you would like to purchase chisels, we recommend you to subscribe and receive the email when the chisels are in stock because they are handmade by a forge craftsman and the quantity is very small. This is a wood carving of a story from the Kibune Shrine in Kyoto because Tomishima Shrine enshrines the deity of Kibune Shrine. The story goes as follows. During the reign of Emperor Saga 825), the daughter of a certain feudal lord became deeply jealous and prayed for seven days at Kibune Shrine, saying, O Great Myojin of Kibune, please
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