Tomb of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Okumiya (Inner Shrine) at Nikko Toshogu

Tomb of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Okumiya (Inner Shrine) at Nikko Toshogu

Pitts Theology Library

1875 - 1895

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 Chinese-style bronze around the time of fifth shogun Tsunayoshi (late 17th-early 18th century). The photographer has labelled the print, "777. Iyeyasu's Tomb, Nikko." Turner has added the inscription, "Bronze tomb of Iyeyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa dynasty of Shoguns." Underneath this sentence, he has added on the left side, "Lotus-emblem of purity," and on the right "Stone Tortoise - emblem of long life."

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Japan; Shinto; Tokugawa Ieyasu;

color prints (photographs)