niwadourou　庭灯籠

KEY WORD :　architecture / lanterns

"Garden lantern". Lanterns, not for exclusive use in gardens, but are also placed at shrines and at roadsides. One lantern which does seem to be particularly designed for garden usuage is at Hakusan Jinja 白山神社 in Gifu prefecture. It is dated 1302 and has the characters for garden engraved on it.

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