• Yasuhiro Ishimoto (photographer)

Detail of eaves and a post supporting the ridgeboard of the Shoden [Main Sanctuary], Geku [Outer Shrine], Ise Daijingu (also known as Ise Jingu [Ise Shrine]), Ise-shi, Japan

1993

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 21.6 x 16.1 cm comp.: 21.6 x 16.2 cm sheet: 25.5 x 20.2 cm

PH1995:0049

• close-up view
• exterior view

signed - by the photographer, in graphite, on the print below the image, l.r.: "Yas Ishimoto" stamped - blind embossed, on the sheet, l.l.: "PRINTED BY / YAS ISHIMOTO [encircling the centre of a medallion]"; and with four horizontal lines across the centre of the medallion inscribed and signed - by the photographer, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.c. to l.c.: "To Phyllis Lambert / Best wishes for / A Happy New Year / Yas Ishimoto"

Ise-shi; Japan;

• architecture
• ornement

• temple
• sanctuary
• thatched roof
• eaves
• post
• metal-work
• gable (architectural element)
• beams (structural elements)

© Kochi Prefecture