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The next gate is the karamon decorated with white ornaments. Located nearby is a woodcarving of a sleepy cat, " Nemuri-neko ", attributed to Hidari Jingorō . The stable of the shrine's sacred horses bears a carving of the three wise monkeys , who hear, speak and see no evil, a traditional symbol in Japanese culture that is derived from a quote ...
Gate in front of Haiden. Third gate. 1636 Haimen Karamon Gate behind Honden. 1636 Tōzai Sukibe Roofed wall enclosing Honden, Ishinoma and Haiden. 1636 Yōmeimon Two-storied gate. Second gate. 1636 Tōzai Kairō and Kugurimon Roofed cloisters enclosing shrine buildings. 1636 Kamishamusho Building for Shinto services. 1636 Kaguraden
Yomeimon at Nikkō Tōshō-gū. A Tōshō-gū (東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, is enshrined. [1] Tōshō-gūs are found throughout Japan. The most well-known Tōshō-gū is the Nikkō Tōshō-gū located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture. [2]
View through the Jomeimon gate on the Shishinden main hall. The Kyōto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto-gosho) is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan, located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
The N100 series sets are painted in a shade of white [12] that takes influence from the color of the Yomeimon gate at the Nikko Tosho-gu shrine. [13] The end cars are fitted with hexagonal side windows, whose frames are inspired by the Japanese "kumiko" woodworking technique.
Nikkō Tōshō-gū's omote-mon (front gate) structurally is a hakkyakumon (eight-legged gate). Mon (門, gate) is a generic Japanese term for gate often used, either alone or as a suffix, in referring to the many gates used by Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and traditional-style buildings and castles.
Structurally, the sanmon of a first rank temple as Nanzen-ji in Kyoto is a two-storied, 5x2 bay, [3] three entrance gate (see photo below). [1] Its three gates are called kūmon (空門, gate of emptiness), musōmon (無相門, gate of formlessness) and muganmon (無願門, gate of inaction) and symbolize the three gates to enlightenment, or ...
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