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Fun Facts • Japanese architecture has traditionally been characterized by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs. • Sliding doors were used in place of walls, allowing the internal configuration of a space to be customized for different occasions. • People usually sat on cushions or otherwise on the floor, traditionally. • The most significant contributor to architectural changes during the Asuka period was the introduction

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NI KKO TOS HOGU The Nikko Toshogu was dedicated to Tokugawa

HIM EJI CAST LE

while Ieyasu's son Hidetada was shogun. Ieyasu is

The Himeji Castle was a hilltop Japanese castle located in the city of Himeji, Japan. Himeji Castle dates to 1333, when it was used as a fort. It has remained intact, even throughout the bombing in World War II, and natural

buried there and enshrined there. A bronze urn

disasters.

Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. It was initially built in 1617, during the Edo period,

contains the remains of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Takatora. Carvings in deep relief, painted in rich

It is the largest and most visited castles and is considered one of Japan's three premier castles. In order to preserve the castle, it underwent restoration work for several years. The castle contains many of the defensive and

colors, decorate the surface of the structure. The

architectural features associated with Japanese castles.

original five-story pagoda was donated by a

YAKUSH I-JI

daimyō in 1650. Each story represents an element–

The Yakushi-ji was once one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, located in Nara. The main object of respect,

This shrine was built by Tokugawa retainer Tōdō

earth, water, fire, wind, and aether in ascending order. Inside the pagoda, a central shinbashira pillar hangs from a chain to minimize damage from earthquakes. Hundreds of stone steps lead through the cryptomeria forest up to the grave of Ieyasu.

Yakushi Nyorai, was one of the first Buddhist god-like figures to arrive in Japan from China in 680, and gives the temple its name. This act of building temples in devotion to Buddhist figures was a common practice among Japanese nobility when Buddhism was first imported from China and Korea. It has been long believed that the temple was moved to its present location in 718, following the move of the capital to Heijō-kyō known today as Nara.