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The entrance to the shrine, showing the bell above the entrance. There is no box for cash offerings on view since, this being an un-manned shrine, the box is kept behind the latticed door at the rear. Above the latticed door is a picture of Japanese soldiers being "meat bullets" as they attack a fortified encampment by carrying a bomb to the barbed wire. When they reached the wire they exploded the bomb, clear the wire, and died. The painting is in the memory of real Japanese soldiers that sacrificed themselves in this way. Heroic - without a doubt. Fanatical - possibly, who is to say. But it is not clear to me why this painting should be above the entrance to a shrine? back to Gallery |
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