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TOYOKUNI SHRINE

TOYOKUNI SHRINE==Date:c. 1880, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown ,Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images [Institution Catalog Number:6885]

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Miyajima Island,Aki

The five-story pagoda is viewed from Toyokuni Shrine (Senjokaku, or One Thousand Mat Hall ) on Tonooka Hill on the east side of Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. Senjokaku Hall was built in 1587 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi for the monthly Buddhist rite of reading of the Senbukyo sutra. The magnificent hall was built in irimoya architectural style with a tiled roof. The cross beams span about 27.27m and the parallel beams about 14.5m.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐30‐0]

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Miyajima Island,Aki

Itsukushima Shinto Shrine was completed by Taira-no-Kiyomori during the Heian Period, and its splendor is still intact today. The Gakubo and Kadomarodo shrines are viewed from the western side of the Hirabutai stage in the main shrine building. In the distance is Toyokuni Shrine (Senjokaku Hall) on Tonooka Hill with cherry trees in full bloom and the five-story pagoda (Important Cultural Asset) constructed in 1407. On the left is the grass-covered Mt. Kamei.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐41‐0]

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Osaka Castle

A photo of the inner castle walls and sixth turret of Osaka Castle facing the outer moat, from the direction of the present Kamimachisuji (southwest of the outer moat). The sixth turret is famous for its beautiful contrast with the high stone walls. In the rear of the sixth turret is the Shudokan and Toyokuni Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number57‐8‐2]

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TOYOKUNI SHRINE

TOYOKUNI SHRINE==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Miyajima Island,Aki

Itsukushima Shinto Shrine was completed by Taira-no-Kiyomori during the Heian Period, and its splendor is still intact today. The Gakubo and Kadomarodo shrines are viewed from the western side of the Hirabutai stage in the main shrine building. In the distance is Toyokuni Shrine (Senjokaku Hall) on Tonooka Hill with cherry trees in full bloom and the five-story pagoda (Important Cultural Asset) constructed in 1407. On the left is the grass-covered Mt. Kamei.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐33‐0]

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Sixth turret at the outside moat of osakajo castle

A photo of the inner castle walls and sixth turret of Osaka Castle facing the outer moat, from the direction of the present Kamimachisuji (southwest of the outer moat). The sixth turret is famous for its beautiful contrast with the high stone walls. In the rear of the sixth turret is the Shudokan and Toyokuni Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number2‐9‐0]

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Japan names new era "Reiwa"

Toyokuni Brewery in Fukushima Prefecture releases bottles of sake April 1, 2019, under the name "Reiwa," Japan's new era name announced earlier in the day. The new era will begin May 1 when Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the throne, succeeding his father Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo