This is one of many hair ropes used during the reconstruction of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple in 1895 in Kyoto. As there was no rope strong enough to hoist the temple's massive wooden

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Hair Rope of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple – Kyoto, Japan - Atlas Obscura

Hair Rope of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple – Kyoto, Japan - Atlas Obscura

Hair Rope of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple – Kyoto, Japan - Atlas Obscura

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Hair Rope of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple – Kyoto, Japan - Atlas Obscura

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Scroll 655 x 1380 mm.; image measurement: 665 x 835 mm. , with endpapers silk brocade on outside of endpapers , recently & expertly laid-down on new

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