Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the temple, with large Buddha image in front: 'The temple of Agoin, with its bronze statue of Daibutsz and the votive offerings in front thereof, has nothing special to be told about it; though probably it makes a slightly more picturesque photog...
Ooweno — site of the temples [Ueno, Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across open ground, formerly the site of three large temples. Ueno hill was chosen by the second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada, as a defensive site in 1624 and a number of temples were erected there. On the collapse of the Shogunate in 1868, Tokug...
Torii to Shinto temple, Ichigai Hatchiman. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the granite gate pillars, with steps beyond leading up to the temple. Presumably the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Temple at Kamakura.
Genre: Architectural Photography Oval image. View looking towards the temple gatehouse: 'Ikigami is a village at the base of an isolated very heavily timbered knoll, just halfway between Kawasaki and Shinagawa; the railway passing it at a distance of about half a mile. On the knoll there is a c...
The Drum Tower and Pagoda — Ikigami. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the drum tower of the temple, with the five-storied pagoda in the right background. See note at print 4.