Kyoto- 2017 – Our first and only time there. –Miko, commonly translated as shrine maiden. The Izumo Shrine she came to Kyoto where she gathered the female outcasts of the city and formed the first kabuki troupe around the year 1603.
Quiet Sunday – Kyoto
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She’s a definite heroine! The number of female statues to male statues is tiny. Looking at the US alone, “Of the estimated 5,193 public statues depicting historic figures on display on street corners and parks throughout the United States, only 394 of these monuments are of women, the Washington Post’s Cari Shane wrote in 2011.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/its-way-too-hard-to-find-statues-of-notable-women-in-the-us-180958237/ The idea that she gathered female outcasts around her makes her super special.
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Lovely! Kyoto is somewhere Id love to see!
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Read mine too
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High on my list of places to see Anita. Sadly Covid has tabled exotic/foreign travel for now. Thanks for sharing this interesting spot.
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Thanks Tina . We are booked to go to the Turks and Caicos in January. Hoping our World will get back to our norm.
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Well maybe not normal but hopefully much better! Have fun on T&C!!
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I missed this when I was in Kyoto. Just too much to see and do in that city, so I’m pleased you found this so now I can look her up and get the full story.
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Yes it was a great and historic site to . We had guy taking us around and explains about what we see.
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Bellissima immagine!
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Cool heroine. Thanks for the story.
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