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Tokugawa Family Temple Celebrates 400 Years; Artist of Ceiling Painting Given Honor

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:01 JST, October 11, 2025

Kaneiji temple, the renowned family temple of the Tokugawa shogunate, is holding a Buddhist service to celebrate its 400th anniversary in Ueno, Tokyo. The ceremony, which included the scattering of colorful paper petals and the chanting of sutras, took place under the colossal ceiling painting, “Eig...

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