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This is a side view of the Shinkyo or sacred bridge built over the Daiya River and located at the entrance of Futarasan-jinja in Nikko. The photographer has labeled the print "I.5. The Sacred Bridge." Turner has added the inscription, "Sacred Bridge…

This print shows the front of the Yômeimon Gate at the Tôshôgû Shrine. The symbol of the shrine, the gate displays the craftsmanship and decorative techniques of the early Edo Period. There are 508 carvings on the gate and include people, animals…

This print shows a detail of one of the carvings on the south side of the 220m corridor that stretches east to west on either side of the Yômeimon Gate at the Tôshôgû Shrine in Nikkô. This wall is decorated with twenty-five different single panel…

This print shows a detail of the series of "Mizaru, Iwazaru, Kikazaru" (see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil) monkey carvings which decorate the beams of the Shinkyûsha (Divine Horse Stable) at Tôshôgû shrine. There are eight sets of the…

The photographer has labeled the print "191 Kasakamurijzo Nikko" and Turner has added the inscription "man worshiping" and below that "Wayside idols at Nikko."

This print shows the location of Tokugawa Ieyasu's grave (hôto, or jeweled stupa) within the Okumiya (Inner Shrine) at Nikkô Tôshôgû. The stupa built to enshrine him as a Shinto kami (deity) in 1617. The original pagoda was stone, rebuilt in…

This print shows the five-story pagoda standing at the entrance to Nikkô Tôshôgû, a Shinto shrine established in 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun. The pagoda itself was dedicated in 1648 by Sakai Tadakatsu, the feudal lord…

Modern Chûô-dôri, Ginza 4 chôme, around 1887. Visible in the upper right over the horse-drawn trolley car is the Kyôya Clock Tower. The photographer was probably standing near what is now the corner of Harumi-dôri and Chûô-dôri, looking northeast.

This print shows the interior of the Sensô-ji Temple dedicated to Kannon (Sanskrit, Avalokiteśvara). Founded in 645 AD, it is one of the oldest in Tokyo. At the time of the photograph, the temple was affiliated with the Tendai sect of Buddhism. The…

This print shows women and children under the wisteria trellis at the Kameido Tenjin Shrine. Kameido Shrine is dedicated to the 9th century scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane. Planted during the Edo period, the wisteria trellis in the photo was…