This young Shinto priest has appeared on Tokyo Times once before, and the photograph can be seen here.
Due to the intensity of his stare, however, it was impossible to resist going through the process again, with the resultant image replicating pretty much the exact same expression and an identical pose. The only real difference being a slightly incongruous looking plaster.
winnie says
He looked frustrated and frowned a bit in this picture compared to the previous one, that looked more focus.
Lee says
That’s interesting. To me he looked ever so slightly more relaxed in this one. Just goes to show how we all see things differently.
Ed says
Déjà vu
Lee says
Yeah, very much so. Different season. Different year. Yet almost exactly the same sight.
Hans ter Horst says
Looks like you have a project on hand: A progression of 25 years of the same priest during the same ceremony, I would buy the book 🙂
Lee says
That would be something eh? Same clothes, posture and outfit, just his face slowly ageing. I’ll have to ask him if he intends to stick at it!
MrSatyre says
“…did I turn the stove off before I left this morning?”
Shinto Priests have regular lives, too.
Lee says
Haha, that’s very true!
MrSatyre says
Lee, are his hands painted? They look…peculiar. Even his nails look dark like the rest of his hands, but on his right hand it looks like some of it might have flaked off.
Lee says
Hmm, they do a bit don’t, they? They certainly aren’t painted, but I just checked the original and they do incredibly dry. Not in the best of shape either. Lots of cleaning duties I suspect.
Also, his upper body was lit much more, which makes his hands look a bit on the dark side. Even more so next to the white of his outfit.