Carving on the sodebei wall on the Yomeimon Gate, Nikko Toshogu Shrine

Carving on the sodebei wall on the Yomeimon Gate, Nikko Toshogu Shrine

Pitts Theology Library

1875 - 1895

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 openwork colored carvings. A candlestick is attached to each carving to light the corridor. The photographer has labelled the print "14. Carvings at Nikko." There is an identical print in the collection of the Nagasaki University Library (ID number 2670).

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Japan; Nikko; Toshogu; Shinto

color prints (photographs)