Shrines · Historic Buildings
Meiji Jingu明治神宮
- Location
- Tokyo Shibuya City
- Enshrined
- 1920
Photo: Tokuzo in Edomura, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Overview
A century-old forest planted by hand. An architecture of stillness in the heart of the city.
A shrine enshrining Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken, established in 1920 (Taishō 9). Chūta Itō was among those involved in the design of its buildings.
The forest of the precincts is a man-made woodland, planted systematically from trees donated across Japan with a view to how it would look a hundred years on. The shrine buildings were destroyed in air raids in 1945 and rebuilt in 1958.
This description has been translated from the Japanese original.
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Data
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- Enshrined
- 1920
- Architect
- Chūta Itō
- Use
- Shinto shrine
- Location
- 1-1 Yoyogi Kamizonochō, Shibuya City, Tokyo
- Shrine buildings rebuilt
- 1958
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Architect
Chūta Itō
Chuta Ito1867–1954
Born in Yonezawa, Dewa Province (now Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture). Through studies such as his research on Hōryū-ji, he laid the foundations of Japanese architectural history as a discipline.
He designed buildings with a distinctive vocabulary, including Meiji Jingu and Tsukiji Hongan-ji.
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Location
1-1 Yoyogi Kamizonochō, Shibuya City, Tokyo
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Sources
References
- 明治神宮 — WikipediaWikipedia日本語版
- Wikidata Q287165Wikidata
- 明治神宮 公式サイト明治神宮
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Photo Credits
Image sources, authors and licences
01Courtyard of Meiji Shrine 20190717.jpg
Photo: Tokuzo in Edomura
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02Meiji Jingu Shrine Tokyo Japan.jpg
Photo: MediaByPanda
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03Meiji-jingu-gate.jpg
Photo: Nightcrafter
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05Meiji-jingū grand torii d'entrée.jpg
Photo: Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert
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