Yakumo's World
Shadows of Iwakura
Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 14 February 2009 in Architecture.
This is about all that is left of the estate of Iwakura Tomomi (岩倉具視) a very important statesman during the second half of the nineteenth century. This house is where he spent a period of political exile from 1862 to 1867. What's left of the place is nearly a total wreck now and, judging by the surprise of the old caretaker who took my entrance fee, it doesn't seem to attract many visitors.
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Nikon D300
1/80 second
F/4.8
ISO 360
82 mm (35mm equiv.)