Word: kwannon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from the rickety alleys of the Asakusa and Honjo working-class districts, where they had nervously hung blackout shades in their flimsy houses. By foot or bus or train they would take to the parks-to Asakusa, with its booths of cheap souvenirs and its great red temple of Kwannon; to Uyeno, with its museums and galleries; or to Shiba, with its tree-shrouded tombs of the shoguns. To the shuffling crowds watching for the blossoms, the days would seem more hopeful than they had for a very long time...
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