Tsuchiya KOITSU Sacred Bridge of the Nikko Shrine Japanese woodblock print
Shinkyo, the Sacred Bridge at Nikko, is the entrance to. It was rebuilt in today’s shape with its red lacquered paint in 1636 by the third Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu (1603 – 51). The construction 1636 replaced a bridge construction from 808. In 1902 it was completely washed away by a flood and reconstructed from […]