Title

'One of many Temples at Nikko, Japan

Caption

This is one of the many Temples at Nikko, a country district in Japan, whither Pilgrims come from all parts of the country to visit the sacred shrines', 1936. Nikko Tosho-gu, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, is one of the Shrines and Temples of Nikko, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. From "Bibby's Annual 1936", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, Ltd., Liverpool, 1936]

Date

1936

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F23_119

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,8Mb (1,8Mb) / 17,7in x 13,8in / 5297 x 4143 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel exterior outdoors building Asian Asia religious architecture arts country religion temple book continent Japan Japanese annual sacred roof Shinto Shintoism location century pilgrimage thirties literature concept B&W tourist attraction MONOCHROME 17th century world heritage site Day eaves black & white black and white B W UNESCO 1930s Nikko 20th century Kanto Tochigi torii history historic tourism seventeenth century The Print Collector TGN blessed outside building exterior photograph landscape Unknown Tokugawa Ieyasu Ieyasu Bibby Joseph Bibby Bibby's Annual J Bibby & Sons Joseph Nikko Tosho-gu Tokugawa photograph landscape