NIMEN-SEKI







NIMEN-SEKI ("two-faced stone")
7th century

This stone is today found within the precincts of the Tachibanadera, but It was brought here from a nearby area after the beginning of the Edo Period. According to certain present-day interpretations, its two faces are taken to represent good and evil. Its back side is flattened, a fact suggesting that it may originally have been used in conjunction with another stone.



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