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Tosho-gu Shrine’s Secret Magic - 1
Tomoko KamishimaTosho-gu is directly north of Edo Castle—the residence of the king of this world. Ieyasu thought that Tosho-gu would be the r...
When it was built in the 17th century, Nikko Tosho-gu Shrine was a unique and a completely new type of shrine. Why and how was it built, and what was the purpose of this shrine? Tomoko Kamishima considers these and other questions in this series.
Tosho-gu is directly north of Edo Castle—the residence of the king of this world. Ieyasu thought that Tosho-gu would be the r...
Kano Tanyu designed huge numbers of sculptures and carvings for each building. There are 5173 in total. I would like to focus...
Enshu secretly introduced various Western styles into Tosho-gu. The three main techniques he used in there were: Perspective,...