Statue of Kiyomori Taira

Located near the Ferry Port of Miyajima

Walking towards the Itsukushima Shrine, I noted this statue standing near the Port. Read the explanation posted with the statue and understood his contribution to the Miyajima Island. Took several pic...

Statue commemorating long-ago military leader

Not a particularly striking statue, but you'll inevitably walk past it after disembarking from the ferry. Tairano was a significant military leader in Japan nearly a thousand years ago. I never met ...

A nice statue of a great leader

Soon after getting of the ferry we came to the statue, it is very nice and you can read a bit about him on a nearby noticeboard. If you look more into his history you will find he was a great militar...

Great contributor to Itsukushima Shrine

When you go out from the ferry terminal, you can find this statue. We have a negative image about him, since his clan Heike was arrogant and disdained other people. However, his contribution to Itsuku...

Curiosa Pose

Para mi que soy occidental, me pareció una curiosa pose para una estatua - pasé un buen rato mirándola intentando entender el simbolismo... claramente necesitaba alguna explicación