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160305-0028 - Monks with Donation Bags

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Kyoto Showa 1930s Unknown

Four Buddhist monks with donation bags, ready to collect donations in town.

The text on the bags reads Shokoku Senmon Dojo (相國専門道場).

Shokoku-ji (相国寺) is a Buddhist temple in northern Kyoto, founded in 1382.

A senmon dojo is a training monastery of the Rinzai school (臨済宗), one of three Zen sects in Japanese Buddhism. Monks train here to attain qualification for priesthood.

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