tosano

Updated: August 13, 2026

Then we visit the other edifices belonging to the temple: the storehouse; the library; the hall of assembly, a massive structure two stories high, where may be seen the portraits of the Thirty-Six Great Poets, painted by Tosano Mitsu Oki more than a thousand years ago, and still in an excellent state of preservation.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : First Series