Nikko Toshogu Shrine, as a "zoo" (1)

Tigers at Omote-mon (Front Gate)

Since Ieyasu's zodiac sign in his birth year was the tiger, there are many tiger sculptures in Toshogu.
You can also see a tiger on the Kaerumata (frog-mast the part of which shaped like an omega) of the long door of the Omote-mon gate. And this one is actually a tiger. It may look like a white panther, but no one in Japan at that time had seen either a tiger or a panther, and this spotted creature was thought to be a "female tiger." So this is not a "leopard and tiger" but a "male and female tiger."










In the summer of 2017, the restoration of "famous places" such as the Yomeimon gate, the monkey in the Shinkyu (sacred animals) stables, and the sleeping cat was completed.
At the time this photo was taken, Omote-mon Gate was still untouched.
However, as I look at the restored monkeys in the Shinkyu Stable and the Yomeimon Gate, I wonder if this is the right thing to do.
I am very curious to see how the Omote-mon gate will be restored in the future.

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