Temizu basin and water ladles at Namba Yasaka Jinja
Description
- Title:
- Temizu basin and water ladles at Namba Yasaka Jinja
- Caption / Description:
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Water ladles used for ritual washing at a temizu basin in Namba Yasaka Shrine (難波八阪神社 Namba Yasaka Jinja), Osaka city, Japan.
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chōzuya):
A chōzuya or temizuya (手水舎) is a Shinto water ablution pavilion for a ceremonial purification rite known as temizu.
Water-filled basins are used by worshipers for washing their left hands, right hands, mouth and finally the handle of the water ladle to purify themselves before approaching the main Shinto shrine or shaden (Japanese: 社殿). This symbolic purification is normal before worship and all manned shrines have this facility, as well as many Buddhist temples and some new religious houses of worship. The temizuya is usually an open area where clear water fills one or various stone basins. Wooden dippers are usually available to worshipers.
Originally, this purification was done at a spring, stream or seashore and this is still considered the ideal. Worshipers at the Inner Shrine at Ise still use this traditional way of ablution.
- Tags / Keywords:
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- Asia
- Shrine
- Japan
- 日本国
- Nihon-koku
- Kansai region
- 関西地方
- Kansai-chihō
- Osaka prefecture
- 大阪府
- Ōsaka-fu
- Osaka city
- 大阪市
- Ōsaka-shi
- Naniwa-ku
- 浪速区
- 神社
- Jinja
- Kinki region
- 近畿地方
- Kinki-chihō
- Namba
- 難波
- Nanba
- Temple
- Namba Yasaka Shrine
- 難波八阪神社
- Shinto
- 神道
- Chōzuya
- Water ladles
- Temizu
- 手水
Admin
- Date Original Photo Taken:
- Original File Name:
- Water ladles.psd
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- ☆
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- 3868px x 2585px
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- JPEG
- Color Mode:
- Original Image Color Profile:
- Nikon Adobe RGB 4.0.0.3001
Location
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- Sublocation:
- Namba Yasaka Shrine
- City:
- Osaka
- Province/State:
- Osaka prefecture
- Country:
- Japan
- World Region:
- Asia
- Location Created:
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- Sublocation:
- Namba Yasaka Shrine
- City:
- Osaka
- Province/State:
- Osaka prefecture
- Country:
- Japan
- World Region:
- Asia
- Geo-location:
- 34.661556666667, 135.49665333333 View on map
Rights
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- Copyrighted
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- Rights Managed
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- Yes
- Available for Commercial Use:
- No
- Copyright Notice:
- © 2009 Dave Kennard
Camera Data
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- Shutter speed:
- 1⁄80 s
- Aperture:
- f/2
- Camera Model:
- Nikon D200
- ISO:
- 100
- Exposure Compensation:
- +1
- Focal Length:
- 50mm
- Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
- 75mm
- Metering Mode:
- Multi-segment
- Flash:
- No Flash
- Exposure Mode:
- Auto
- White Balance:
- Manual
- Light Source:
- Cloudy
- Exposure Program:
- Aperture-priority AE
Additional shooting metadata
- Lens:
- Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4D
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- Additional Optics used:
- Setup:
- Handheld, bracketed ±1EV
Post Processing
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- Software used:
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- Nikon Capture NX 2
- Adobe Photoshop CS5
- Post Processing:
NEFs converted with -0.3 exposure compensation in CNX2
EV-1 and EV0 images blended for exposure in PS CS5
Curves adjustment to increase contrast selectively applied in PS CS5