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Larie Akashi pours sweat tea over Kanbutsu statue at a Hanamido ritual in Los Angeles, Calif

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Title: Larie Akashi pours sweat tea over Kanbutsu statue at a Hanamido ritual in Los Angeles, Calif
Contributor: Lindbeck, Bob
Date Created and/or Issued: March 27, 1960
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3094
Description: GENTLE RAIN-Sweet tea, which Larie Akashi pours over Kanbutsu statue in Hanamido, or flower altar, symbolizes gentle rain which fell on baby Buddha. The Rev. Bunyu Fujimura of West Los Angeles Buddhist Church, coaches girl.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b423_202409
ark:/21198/zz0002qw9s
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Buddhism--Rituals
Culture
Buddhism--Customs and practices
Japanese Americans--Religious life--California--Los Angeles
Fujimura, Bunyu, 1910-
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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