Kaminari-mon

This article deals with the gate, for the quarter of the same name in the Taitō district, see Kaminarimon (district) .

The southern side of the Kaminari-mon

View of the Kaminari-mon

The Kaminari-mon ( Japanese 雷 門 , "Thunder Gate") is an entrance gate to the Sensō Temple in Tokyo 's Asakusa district in Taitō , Tokyo . The gate, with a lampion and figures, is very popular with tourists. It is 11.7 m high, 11.4 m wide and the area is 69.3 m².

history

The Kaminari-mon was built by Taira no Kinmasa in 942 . It originally stood further south on what is now Komagata Bridge, but was moved to its current location in 1635. One theory is that the statues of the two Shinto gods ( kami ) Fūjin and Raijin were first erected at the gate during this period. The gate has been destroyed again and again. Four years after the move, the Kaminari-mon burned down. In 1649 it was rebuilt by Tokugawa Iemitsu along with several other of the most important buildings in the temple complex. The gate burned down again in 1757 and 1865. The current figure of the Kaminari-mon is from 1960.

Web links

Commons : Kaminari-mon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Glossary of Terms . Retrieved March 7, 2008.

Coordinates: 35 ° 42 ′ 40 ″  N , 139 ° 47 ′ 47 ″  E