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The three Sacred Warehouses (Shimojinko, Nakajinko and Kamijinko) are put in hooked shape. Model of the construction was imitated from Shosoin House of Nara prefecture. It is called Azekura-zukuri style. The Sanjinko stores 1,200 costumes for the Samurai-style 1,000-person procession. In addition to that, equipments of Yabusame (Archery on horseback) are stored.
There are two big sculptures of elephant on the gable of the Kamijinko. However, ears and tails are different from the real elephant because the chief painter, Tanyu Kano had not ever seen the real elephant when he painted. Therefore, those sculptures were called Imaginary Elephant. |
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