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Stable of the sacred white pony, Tosho-gu shrine, Nikko, Japan
- Date
- 1900
- Reference
- PA1-f-146-20-1
- Description
View of the sacred stable housing the sacred horse used on ceremonial occasions, Tosho-gu shrine, Nikko, Japan. Photographed by Thomas Pringle in 1900
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.
The Tosho-gu Shrine in it's present form results from a remodling carried out between 1634-1636. The architect/designer for this work was Kora Munehiro (1574-1646). Munehiro was Titular Governor of Bungo (present Oita Prefecture) and a master builder in the Shogunate's department of construction. He was also a sculptor of repute.
Architectural style: The general architectural style of the Tosho-gu Shrine is what the japanese call kara-yo (literally \"Chinese style\"). The style was imported from China with Zen Buddhism during the Kamakura period (1185-1336). First used in Zen temples in kamakura, by the early Edo period the style was being used by other Buddhist sects. The kara-yo style refers not only to applied decoration, but also to the structural style of a building (eg. round pillars with tapered capital, complex bracketing above pillars which fan out in all directions etc). At the Tosho-gu Shrine the kara-yo style has been combined with Japanese styles.
(Information from \"Edo Architecture: Katsura and Nikko\" Naomi Okawa, 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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Stable of the sacred white pony, Tosho-gu shrine, Nikko, Japan. Wells, Joan Mabel, fl 1986 :Photograph album of Japan and photograph of Atiamuri. Ref: PA1-f-146-20-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22666123More information can be found in our terms of use.