Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 98866
Nikko Yomeimon
- Artist / 作者
- Tsuchiya Koitsu土屋光逸
- Date / 年代
- 1936
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 583 × 1200 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 朱雀ハル
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
Sunday, 6 November 2005 This piece measures 7.25” x 15.25” and this is an original woodblock print titled the “Yomemimon Gate” featuring the main gate of Nikko Shinto Shrine. Nikko Toshogu Shrine is located in Tochigi Prefecture of Japan and the third Shogun Iyemitsu, the grandson of the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, built it. It is the mausoleum of Ieyasu who is one of the most important figures in Japanese history, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that lasted for over 250 years until 1867. The Toshogu Shrine is very famous for its colorful and sumptuously decorated buildings that are unlike the typical simple styled built Shinto shrines. Yomeimon gate (Gate of Sunlight) is an incredi…
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