Gojunoto (five story pagoda) at the Nikko Toshogu

Gojunoto (five story pagoda) at the Nikko Toshogu

1875 - 1895

color prints (photographs)

Japan; Tokugawa Ieyasu; Shinto; pagodas (buildings)

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 of Obama in Wakasa Province (present day Fukui Prefecture). It was destroyed by fire in 1815 and rebuilt in 1818 by Sakai Tadayuki, a lord of the same lineage. There is one man in a blue coat and pants standing at the entrance to the pagoda with his back to the viewer. The photographer has labelled the print, "759. Pagoda, Nikko." Similar to a photograph attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei held by the New York Public Library, ID No. 110052. The New York Public Library has the number 759 stamped in the lower left.

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