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Gojunoto - Five Story pagoda Toshogu shrine

JAPAN, NIKKO - August 2012 - Gojunoto - Five story pagoda of the Toshogu Shrine is where the famous Shogun of the Edo Period in the 17th century, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was worshiped after his death. It became as luxurious and elaborate as it looks today when the grandson of Ieyasu, the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, reconstructed it. The engravings on the Yomei-mon Gate are especially overwhelming, provided with every luxury imaginable and redolent in gorgeous colors. site calssified as Japanese Cultural property and world heritage by UNESCO [FR] Gojunoto -Pagode à 5 toit du Sanctuaire Toshogu - Construit en 1636 à la mémoire de Ieyasu, fondateur du shogunat Tokugawa. Contrairement aux autres sanctuaires shinto, caractérisés par une architecture épurée se fondant dans le paysage environnant, ce sanctuaire est une exubérance de couleurs, d'applications de feuilles d'or et de sculptures en tous genres.Site classé propriete culturelle du Japon et patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO

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Gojunoto - Five Story pagoda Toshogu shrine -Nikko-Japan-sLEBEGUE-201208-7935.jpg
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Sebastien LEBEGUE
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Asia Furatasan Iemitsu Ieyasu Japan National treasure Nikko Shinkyo bridge Taiyuinbyo Tosho-gu Yomeimon asie gold japon pagoda sanctuary temple tokugawa toshogu unesco world heritage
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JAPAN, NIKKO - August 2012 - Gojunoto - Five story pagoda of the Toshogu Shrine is where the famous Shogun of the Edo Period in the 17th century, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was worshiped after his death. It became as luxurious and elaborate as it looks today when the grandson of Ieyasu, the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, reconstructed it. The engravings on the Yomei-mon Gate are especially overwhelming, provided with every luxury imaginable and redolent in gorgeous colors. site calssified as Japanese Cultural property and world heritage by UNESCO [FR] Gojunoto -Pagode à 5 toit du Sanctuaire Toshogu - Construit en 1636 à la mémoire de Ieyasu, fondateur du shogunat Tokugawa. Contrairement aux autres sanctuaires shinto, caractérisés par une architecture épurée se fondant dans le paysage environnant, ce sanctuaire est une exubérance de couleurs, d'applications de feuilles d'or et de sculptures en tous genres.Site classé propriete culturelle du Japon et patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO