160904-0039 - Woman at Shinto Shrine

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Outside	Taisho	1910s	Unknown
A Japanese woman is pulling out a numbered stick from a wooden box for fortune telling at a Shinto shrine. The number on the stick references a numbered piece of paper, called an o-mikuji, with descriptions of one’s fortune, health, romantic relationships and other aspects of daily life. On the miniature sacred torii gates the year Taisho 5 (1916) is written and January 1st. So this woman is visiting the shrine during hatsumode (初詣), the first Shinto shrine visit of the Japanese New Year.
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