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| Keywords: Bjh31 Burial Taikuns.jpg BURIAL GROUND OF THE TAIKUNS THE Taikuns of the dynasty founded by Iyeyas are all buried either at Shiba or at Uyeno in Yedo with the exception of Iyeyasu himself The view represents the gateway and front of a small but highly finished temple or shrine immediately behind the main temple in the centre of the burial ground at Shiba This small temple is erected to Kuro-hou-zou or the Black true Buddha who according to the legend came to the aid of Iyeyasu on one occasion when he was on the point of being overwhelmed by his enemies Our guide when showing us through these grounds informed us in his imperfect English that it was a temple to the good God The doors both outside and inside are exquisitely coloured and gilded and covered with carvings of peacocks and other birds all in the natural hues of their plumage The gateway as well as the whole front and sides of the temple are similarly ornamented http //ocw mit edu/ans7870/21f/21f 027j/beato_places/fb_menu html between 1863 and early 1870s Creator Felice Beato PD-old-100 Edo Photographs of Japan by Felice Beato Zōjō-ji Destroyed in Japan in 1945 | ||||
