芝公園の唐門
Karamon Gate, Shiba Park
On the pillars and eaves of a large, dark gate, fine carved decorations stand out as black and white patterns. In the back, a gate with a double roof fades into a white haze.
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In front of the gate, a single person stands small. Above, the gate's large, dark pillars and eaves loom over the frame, and the underside of the eaves spreads out in black toward the upper right. In the back on the left, a large gate with a double roof shows up whitish and hazy beyond the bright ground.
Shiba Park, in the title, began as the grounds of Zojoji Temple, which a Grand Council of State notice of 1873 made one of Japan's first parks, along with Ueno and others. Shiba Park at the time was a large park that included the temple grounds, and it was not until 1946, under the separation of religion and state in the new Constitution, that the temple's land was taken out of the park.
Look closely around the doors of the gate in front, and you'll find a chain of rounded carved decorations.
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- Source title
- 『東京名所写真帖』（明治35年12月）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- 124+ years ago
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