Kuromon (Black Gate)

Date: 19th century
Image View Description: Exterior
Work Type: architecture
Style/Period: Edo
Culture: Japanese
Location: Tokyo (Japan)
Notes: Main gate used to adorn the main Edo (present-day Tokyo) residence of the feudal family of Ikeda, rulers over the Inshu country (present-day Okayama prefecture). Moved to the Tokyo National Museum site in Ueno Park in 1954.
Image Source: The Trustees of Columbia University, Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Photographer: Jonathan Reynolds
Record ID: Ueno_Park_0206


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