Karamon-Tor, Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine, Nikkō, albumin paper, black and white positive process, hand-colored, image size: height: 48.30 cm; width: 38.20 cm, inscribed: recto u.: in lead: Karamon. Nikko, travel photography, portal/edicula, After the opening of the Japanese ports, the temples of Nikkō, about 100 kilometers north of Tokyo, became a popular destination for Europeans and Americans, who were attracted by the brightly colored building complexes and the proximity to the capital. Nikkō is still an important pilgrimage site today: the city houses the shrine of the Edo Shogunta founder Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) in the Rinnō-ji temple. (Aya Fujita)
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