FAMOUS TEMPLE BURNED.
• ZOJOJI, TOIvIO. ' (dt ' ASSOCIATION—COriBIGHT.) (Rcc. April 26, 10.6 p.m.) ; Tokio, April 26. Zojoji, tlio Buddhist temple in Sliiba, Park, Tokio, has becu destroyed by fire. The damago/is estimated at' 400,000 yon (something over £40,000). [When Buddhism held complete ascendancy over Shintoisja in Japan, , many State grants were made to famous. Buddhist' temples,' and among them wm Zojoji. Theso grants were, however, withdrawn after the restoration .of the Mikado in ISCB, and Buddhism has been virtually disestablished sineo January 1, l/ 574. Alany Buddhist temples ar6 still kept up, but these, are maintained by voluntary contributions from the people and from fbrmer patrons. Tho park Shiba divides with U.veho the honpur of being first in size and beauty in Tokio.]'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 7
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122FAMOUS TEMPLE BURNED. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 7
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