Stone Karamon and Torii Gates 石唐門と石鳥居

Official explanation

These stone gates date from 1618, the year after the first Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), was enshrined at Nikko Toshogu. Both gates previously stood at the entrance to the inner shrine but crumbled in an earthquake in 1683 and the pieces were later buried in the mountain. They were replaced by new structures made of copper.

The stone gates were the gift of Kuroda Nagamasa (1568–1623), the feudal lord of Kyushu Chikuzen in what is now Fukuoka Prefecture. The stone was transported by boat from Kyushu to Oyama, and then hauled overland the final 60 kilometers to Nikko.

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The gates were unearthed and rebuilt here as part of the 350th anniversary of the founding of Toshogu in 1967. They are designated Important Cultural Properties.

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