Lavish Even in Shadow
Even the temizuya, where visitors rinse their hands before worship, is carved and gilded to the last bracket. At Nikkō Tōshō-gū — the shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu — ornament reaches even here, into the shade beneath the roof, where the detail keeps going long after the light gives out.
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May 26 2026

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