Japan & the Far East
The Dragon-Framed Tablet to Confucius at Hangzhou
Original caption: Tablet to Confucius
A narrow inscribed tablet occupies a recessed shrine surrounded by decorated pillars and hanging ornament. Hayes places the tablet in the provincial Confucian temple at Hangchow and describes dragons around its frame.
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Maker or photographer not identified. "The Dragon-Framed Tablet to Confucius at Hangzhou" [source caption]. In The Chinese Dragon, L. Newton Hayes. Third edition, 1923, 1923, The Commercial Press, Limited. Source scan leaf 37. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/chinese-dragon-033
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Maker or photographer not identified. The Dragon-Framed Tablet to Confucius at Hangzhou. The Chinese Dragon. Scan leaf 37. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/chinese-dragon-033