Nara—Kasuga Shrine

“There are more than three thousand of these stone lanterns along the Kasuga approaches, all of them gifts from daimyos, noble, and rich believers; and in days when the temples were rich and faith prosperous, they were lighted every single night.”

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, Jinrikisha Days in Japan, (New York, 1891) p. 316