Sangedatsumon (aka Sangedatsu Gate or Main Gate), inner side. Zojoji Temple. Shiba area. Minato-ku district. Tokyo. Japan

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Sangedatsumon (aka Sangedatsu Gate or Main Gate) as seen from inside the Temple complex. This gate was built in 1622 and it is the only original architectural reminder of the early days of Edo Period. Zojoji Temple. Main Temple of Jodo shu (Pure Land Sect) of Buddhism. The Zojoji Temple was founded in 1393 and moved to Edo (old Tokyo) in 1598 by the founder of Tokugawa Shogunate (Ieyasu Tokugawa), ruler of Japan in the Edo Period. Shiba area. Minato-ku district. Tokyo. Japan

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Size: 5200px × 3453px
Location: Zojoji Temple complex. Minato-ku district. Tokyo. Japan
Photo credit: © Miguel Angel Muñoz Pellicer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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