Title(s)

Stenen toegangspoort (torii) bij het Chūzenji-meer

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1557B-14

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘This symbol of Shinto is seen everywhere in Japan. It serves as a gateway, but its original significance is unknown.’

Artist

• photographer: anonymous
• anonymous

Place

photographer: Nikko
Japan

Dating

c. 1887 - in or before 1897

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print / hand coloring

Measurements

height 89 mm × width 132 mm

What

• gate, entrance
• road, path

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Japan described and illustrated by the Japanese section two (RP-F-2001-7-1557B)