IMAGE
View of the main courtyard, Tosho-gu Shrine, Nikko, Japan
- Date
- 1900
- Reference
- PA1-f-146-18-3
- Description
View of the main courtyard, Tosho-gu Shrine, Nikko, Japan. This courtyard surrounds three sides of the inner courtyard which contains the Worship Hall. Buildings from the left are the Sacred Dancing Stage (Kagura-den), the Portable Shrine Storehouse (Shin'yo-sha), the Kara-mon gate which leads to the Worship Hall, and the Shrine Office on the right. Photographed by Thomas Pringle.
The Tosho-gu Shrine was built in 1616-1617 as the mausoleum or mortuary temple of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616). Ieyasu was the first Shogun of the Edo period (1603-1868) of Japanese history. Edo is the old name for Tokyo.
In its present form the Tosho-gu Shrine results from a remodling carried out between 1634-1636. The architect/designer for this work was Koro Munehiro (1574-1646)
Architectural style: The general style of the Tosho-gu Shrine is what the Japanese call kara-yo (literally \"Chinese style\"). This style was imported from China with Zen Buddhism during the Kamakura period (1185-1336). At the Tosho-gu Shrine the kara-yo style has been combined with Japanese styles.
(Information from \"Edo Architecture: Katsura and Nikko\" Naomi Otawa, Weatherhill/Heibonsha, New York and Tokyo, 1975)
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Wells, Joan Mabel, fl 1986 :Photograph album of Japan and photograph of Atiamuri / Thomas Pringle album
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print
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View of the main courtyard, Tosho-gu Shrine, Nikko, Japan. Wells, Joan Mabel, fl 1986 :Photograph album of Japan and photograph of Atiamuri. Ref: PA1-f-146-18-3. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22300793More information can be found in our terms of use.