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Ueno Tōshō-gū
is a
Shinto shrine
located in the
ward
of
Taitō
in
Tokyo
, Japan.
Tōshō-gū
shrines are characterized by the enshrinement of
Tokugawa Ieyasu
under the name Tōshō Daigongen. This photograph shows Ueno Tōshō-gū's golden gate, which is a
karamon
, a type of
mon
in
Japanese architecture
characterized by the use of
karahafu
, a curved
gable
with a style peculiar to
Japan
. This
karamon
was built in 1651 and the
Government of Japan
has designated it an
Important Cultural Property
.
Photograph credit:
Basile Morin
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