Keywords: A Fighting Monk, Military Costumes in Old Japan..jpg Discription from the original photograph A Fighting Monk The above represents a beligerent monk of the Kamakura epoch The Buddhists of those days had quite an army of fighting priests to protect their rights or maintain their ground against rival creeds He wears his clerical robes over his armor and his head is covered with the sacred Kesa From Military Costumes in Old Japan Photographed by K Ogawa Under the Direction of Chitora Kawasaki of Ko-yu-kai Tokyo Fine Art School Tokyo K Ogawa 1895 Meiji 28 Ein Kriegermönch Yamabushi posiert für eine Fotografie im ausgehenden 19 Jahrhundert Die Waffe ist eine traditionelle Naginata Фотог афия ямабуси Valokuva 1800-luvulta Yamabushi-soturista Ett 1800-talsfoto av en Yamabushi Military Costumes in Old Japan Photographed by K Ogawa Under the Direction of Chitora Kawasaki of Ko-yu-kai Tokyo Fine Art School Tokyo K Ogawa 1895 Meiji 28 approx 19th century KAZUMASA OGAWA Probably old enough to assume PD-old PD-old PD-1923 Historic samurai photographs Historic depictions of naginata Japan in the 19th century |