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Members of the Enmanji Temple gather for a funeral service sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s

 
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Title
Members of the Enmanji Temple gather for a funeral service sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s
Creation Date (Original)
about late 1930s
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View photo location on the Sonoma County Historical Photos Map hosted by the City of Santa Rosa
Description
Photo--black and white: Enmanji Buddhist Temple of Sebastopol. Members of the Enmanji Temple gather for a funeral service sometime in the late 1930s or early 1940s. About 60 men and women are standing in front of the Enmanji Temple and surround a casket with flowers. The windows of the Temple are the original bell-shapped windows with shogi screens--later in 1947 replaced with rectangular ones. A Kanji banner is above the doorway and another to the right of the front entrance (Kanji is Chinese characters used in Japanese writing) . Background: The unique Enmanji Buddhist Temple, originally built by the Manchurian Railroad Company for the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, faithfully represents a 12th century Kamakura-style Japanese temple. After the fair it was offered to the members of the Sonoma County Buddhist Temple and the structure was dismantled and shipped by rail to Sebastopol for reassembly. It was completed and dedicated on April 15, 1934 after being reconstructed without the use of nails by skilled local Japanese craftsmen.
Item Format or Genre
Local History and Culture Theme
Subject (Corporate Body)
Digital Collection Name(s)
Digital Collections Identifier
casebwsc_pho_002122
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