Shrines and Temples of Nikko Gallery

The Balkan States Exhibition - Earls Court - Old Japan

The Balkan States Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1907 was really two exhibitions in one. The main event featured a large Balkan village with practical working exhibits by native workers (see: 10922981). In the Empress Hall (as shown on this postcard), one could visit Old Japan for an extra shilling (5p) and see a Nikko temple and bridge, teahouses, geisha and spring time in old Japan with waterfalls, lotus pond and cherry blossom. One could also watch basket workers, fan painters, porcelain painters, Kyoto embroiders, umbrella makers and a lantern painter at work. Date: 1907

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Ornate Suibansha, Nikko Taiyuin, Nikko, Japan

Ornate Suibansha (place to wash hands and mouth before entering sacred precincts) at the Rinnoji Taiyuin Mausoleum and Temple in the historic Nikko National Park, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Rinnoji Taiyuin Mausoleum was built for Third Tokugawa Shogun Iemitsu. Date: circa 1910

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

3rd, Architecture, Basin, Covered, Decorated, Decorative, Hands, Historical, History, Iemitsu, Japan, Japanese, National, Nikko, Ornate, Park, Place, Precinct, Prefecture, Sacred, Shogun, Suibansha, Tochigi, Tokugawa, Wash, Washing

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JAPAN Tochigi Nikko Grand procession of Toshogu shrine 1 000 man samurai procession man in costume of Edo era high official on horseback being lead by others in costume one holding a parasol with crowds watching

© Jon Burbank eye ubiquitous / hutchison

Animals, Asia, People