Slide1: JAPAN Nikko Short but sweet touching trip 6
Slide2: Tōshō-gū is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Initially built in 1617, during the Edo period, while Ieyasu's son Hidetada was shogun, it was enlarged during the time of the third shogun, Iemitsu. Ieyasu is enshrined there, where his remains are also entombed
Slide5: Kairo (corridor) The walls of Yomeimon - National Treasures of Japan. There are many carving including the biggest phoenix carving in Japan. All of the carvings were carved on one single plate of wood which required high carving technique called "sukashi bori."
Slide16: Enclosing the upper level shrine buildings is a roofed colonnade (kairo) called the Tozai Kairo
Slide17: Tozai Kairo is part of a structure that includes the Tozai Sukibe, which are roofed walls with latticework that enclose the Honsha (the central shrine buildings: Honden, Haiden and the Ishinoma which connects the two). The Kairo also encloses several structures wholly within the Kairo itself
Slide18: The Tozai Kairo and Chousengane Korean Bell
Slide19: The Tozai Kairo exterior is decorated with sculpted translucent relief panels of nature scenes and wildlife that are simply amazing. They were painted using Mitsuda-e, a secret Kano school technique of mixing and applying the oil paint so that it was resistant to Ultraviolet and weather
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Slide24: In Japan, as earlier in China, the mythical Phoenix was adopted as a symbol of the imperial household, particularly the empress. This mythical bird represents fire, the sun, justice, obedience, fidelity, and the southern star constellations. According to legend (mostly from China), the Hō-ō appears very rarely, and only to mark the beginning of a new era -- the birth of a virtuous ruler, for example
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Slide36: Pictures: Sanda Foi ş oreanu Nicoleta Leu Internet Copyright: All the images belong to their authors Presentation: Sanda Foi ş oreanu www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda Sound : Oliver Shanti - Senzei Muso Soseki Kokushi Tempel Gardens 2015
Slide37: The Japanese saying "Never say 'kekkou' until you've seen Nikko"—kekko meaning beautiful, magnificent or "I am satisfied"—is a reflection of the beauty and sites in Nikkō
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