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A miniature shrine, also referred to in literature as a portable shrine,pocket shrine, or a travel altar, is a small, generally moveable shrine or altar. They vary greatly in size and architectural style, and by which region or culture produced them.
A miniatureshrine, also referred to in literature as a portable shrine, pocket shrine, or a travel altar, is a small, generally moveable shrine or altar...
lion. In 1990, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) discovered a miniatureshrine with the Bhuvaraha image in a well type enclosure. This is dated to...
yashiro. Miniatureshrines (hokora) can occasionally be found on roadsides. Large shrines sometimes have on their precincts miniatureshrines, sessha (摂社)...
The Tamamushi Shrine (玉虫厨子, Tamamushi no zushi) is a miniatureshrine owned by the Hōryū-ji temple complex of Nara, Japan. Its date of construction is...
auxiliary shrine) and massha (末社, undershrine), also called eda-miya (枝宮, branch shrines) (collectively known as setsumatsusha (摂末社)) are small or miniature shrines...
Phum (พระภูมิ). Almost every traditional household in Thailand has a miniatureshrine housing this tutelary deity, known as a spirit house. In Vietnamese...
becomes depressed due to the lack of a shrine, as this means people do not need him. Hiyori builds him a miniatureshrine, making Yato cry tears of joy. 8 "God...
Kamakura shogunate. Main Shrine Building Stairs down from the main shrine area Small Inari statues and moss covered miniatureshrines View of the so-called...
The Tachibana Shrine (橘夫人厨子, Tachibana-fujin no zushi), also referred to as the Lady Tachibana Shrine, is a miniatureshrine owned by the Hōryū-ji temple...
elaborate, black lacquered-wood shrines are built to act as miniature, portable versions of Asakusa Shrine. Decorated with gold sculptures and painted with gold...
The Lapis Niger (Latin, "Black Stone") is an ancient shrine in the Roman Forum. Together with the associated Vulcanal (a sanctuary to Vulcan) it constitutes...
30–41 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in) in length. The Tamamushi Shrine, an Asuka Period miniatureshrine located at Hōryū-ji Temple, Nara prefecture, was decorated...
quality or virtue. These kami are celebrated regionally, and several miniatureshrines (hokora) have been built in their honor. In many cases, people who...
by Sekien Toriyama, it is depicted appearing out from a butsudan (miniatureshrine). Among all the pictures of the nuribotoke, only the one in the Gazu...
Hokora or hokura (祠 or 神庫) is a miniature Shinto shrine either found on the precincts of a larger shrine and dedicated to folk kami, or on a street side...
temporary shrine during a festival or when moving to a new shrine. Often, the mikoshi resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and...
Almost all Asama Shrines are within sight of Mount Fuji. Where this is not possible because of distance or obstructions, a miniature replica of Mount...
Dasavatara shrine is a miniature Hindu shrine displaying the ten incarnations of the Hindu deity Vishnu, carved in ivory and wood. The Dasavatara shrine was...
The first known depiction of a karahafu appears on a miniatureshrine (zushi [ja]) in Shōryoin shrine at Hōryū-ji in Nara. The karahafu and its building...
ridge tag with information on the building's construction and one miniatureshrine Hachiman-sha (八幡社) mid-Muromachi period, Designated an Important Cultural...
Khánh Temple, constructed during the Trần dynasty 14th–16th century miniatureshrine The image simulates a corner of the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long...
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