Former Taitoku-in Mausoleum Main Gate
東京都
The main gate built in 1632 by Shogun Iemitsu for his father Hidetada's mausoleum — a National Important Cultural Property since 1930, it miraculously survived the 1945 air raids that destroyed the mausoleum itself
The **main gate (Somon) of Taitoku-in Mausoleum** built in 1632 for **the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada** (posthumous name Taitoku-in, 1579-1632) within Zojoji precinct—one of the most important surviving works of Tokugawa shogunal mausoleum architecture. An eight-legged hip-and-gable vermilion-lacquered gate with gilt fittings, built by the third shogun Iemitsu to honor his father. The main mau…
Main gate of the Taitoku-in Mausoleum for Tokugawa Hidetada, built 1632 within Zojoji. Main mausoleum destroyed in 1945 air raids; only the gate survives. Designated National Important Cultural Property in 1930.
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