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The Karamon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

This is Karamon (Chinese Gate) at Taiyuin, the mausoleum of the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Taiyuin is the posthumous Buddhist name of Iemitsu conferred by Emperor Gokomyo. The gates at Taiyuin are Niomon, then Nitenmon, then Yashamon, and finally Karamon. Karamon is 3m tall and has a 1.8-meter wide facade. It is the smallest structure in the precinct. However, the gate is embellished with elaborate craftsmanship, creating a graceful and sophisticated atmosphere.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐99‐0]

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The Karamon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

This is Karamon (Chinese Gate) at Taiyuin, the mausoleum of the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Taiyuin is the posthumous Buddhist name of Iemitsu conferred by Emperor Gokomyo. The gates at Taiyuin are Niomon, then Nitenmon, then Yashamon, and finally Karamon. Karamon is 3m tall and has a 1.8-meter wide facade. It is the smallest structure in the precinct. However, the gate is embellished with elaborate craftsmanship, creating a graceful and sophisticated atmosphere.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐41‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐21‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐22‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Yushoin at Zojoji Temple in Shiba, Tokyo is the mausoleum of the seventh shogun Tokugawa Ietsugu. Ietsugu succeeded his father Ienobu and became shogun at the age of three, but died at eight. The structures at Yushoin were as splendid as those at Nikko Toshogu, but most of them were destroyed by the air raids in 1945. Only this Nitenmon remains.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐31‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐47‐0]

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The Yashamon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Visitors climbing the steep stairs from Nitenmon pass the mausoleum of the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu and come in front of Yashamon, where four yasha (female demons) are enshrined. Each yasha is painted in a different colour and represents north, south, east and west. Since the gate is decorated with peonies and arabesque patterns, it is also called the Botan-mon ( Peony Gate ).==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐48‐0]

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The Yashamon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Visitors climbing the steep stairs from Nitenmon pass the mausoleum of the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu and come in front of Yashamon, where four yasha (female demons) are enshrined. Each yasha is painted in a different colour and represents north, south, east and west. Since the gate is decorated with peonies and arabesque patterns, it is also called the Botan-mon ( Peony Gate ).==Date:unknown, Place:Otsu, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐14‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Nitenmon is located beyond Niomon in the precincts of Taiyuin, the mausoleum of third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. A plaque inscribed with the word Taiyuin by Emperor Gomizunoo is affixed to the upper part of the gate. Two of the four celestial guardians, Jikokuten and Komokuten, are enshrined at the front part of the gate while the other two, Fujin and Raijin, were placed on the back . This is the largest gate at Nikko-Sannai.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐22‐0]

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The Yashamon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Visitors climbing the steep stairs from Nitenmon pass the mausoleum of the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu and come in front of Yashamon, where four yasha (female demons) are enshrined. Each yasha is painted in a different colour and represents north, south, east and west. Since the gate is decorated with peonies and arabesque patterns, it is also called the Botan-mon ( Peony Gate ).==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐36‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

Up the left steps of the Daiyuin, which is the tomb place of the Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa is the Nitenmon. A panel with an autograph of the Emperor Gosuio hangs to the upper part in the front, and the two Gods of Jikokuten and Komokuten are placed on both sides in the shelves.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐62‐0]

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Nitenmon gate of nikko daishuin's burial ground

The Yashamon Gate stands in front of the Karamon Gate, the entrance to the main hall of the Taiyuan Mausoleum where Tokugawa Iemitsu was buried. There are statues of demons (yasha) on both sides of the gate covered with peony flower carvings. This photo captures the back view of the gate as seen from the worship hall.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐40‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate,Taiyuin Shrine,Nikko

View through the front gate of the Daiyuin, which is the tomb of Tokugawa Iemitsu, wiht the Niten Gate above the steps to the left. A panel board with calligraphy by Emperor Gosuio hangs in the front, and Jikokufu and Komokuten are enshrined in the fence to the right and left.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐41‐0]

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Thunder god of nitenmon gate at nikko daishuin temple

The Niten Gate of Daiyuin enshrining the tomb of the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu has a Jikokuten and a Komokuten to the right and left in the front and deities of the wind and thunder at the back. The deity of thunder is painted red, and the deity of wind green.The two are guardians against disaster and misfortune. The expression of the thunder deity boiling with rage is impressive.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number8‐25‐0]

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The Nitenmon Gate, Taiyuin Shrine, Nikko

The Nitenmon Gate, Taiyuin Shrine, Nikko ==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)