Kasuga-taisha Shrine (Date of photograph unknown)
Two shinto priests and three miko (shrine maidens) perform a religious ceremony at Kasuga Taisha (Kasuga Grand Shrine), an important shinto shrine in Nara. One of the priests is holding a tsutsumi (also tsuzumi) shoulder drum, while one of the miko plays the koto, a harp-like instrument. The other two miko hold kagura suzu bells.