https://mastodon.social/@camelliakyoto/113439533123230327 camelliakyoto@mastodon.social - 🍁FOR THE SALVATION OF WOMEN✨
Until recently women were forbidden from setting foot on holy Mt Hiei, confined to pray from afar.
A statue decided to take matters into its own hands so that the women of Kyōto had somewhere to worship.
Each November 15th this statue is celebrated.
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