Imperial Residence of Awada at Kyoto

Category

Library Item

Item no

16697

Title

Imperial residence of Awada at Kyoto

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1912

Size

9.0 x 14.0 cm

Type

Photograph; Postcard

Location

Art and Design Library

Originally the name of this temple was Shorenin Temple but it is also called Awada-Gosho. Gosho means imperial palace because an emperor or a member of the Japanese imperial family lives there. The temple is called Awada-Gosho because when the imperial palace was burned down in 1788, the retired emperor Gosakuramachi lived there as his temporal palace.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

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Religion > Religious facilities > Temples

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