Secrets of Kyoto / Bent Walls And Monkey Statues: Kyoto's Kimon Yoke Ward Off Demons; Traditional Installations Still Guard “Unlucky” Corners

By Yasuhiko Mori / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior Writer
13:01 JST,
July 15, 2024
The former residence of emperors, the Kyoto Imperial Palace, in Kyoto’s Kamigyo Ward, stands on a rectangular plot of land measuring about 450 meters from north to south and about 250 meters from east to west. There is an interesting spot at one of the corners of the tsuijibei, a roofed wall, that s...
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