Sumiyoshi-taisha (Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine), Osaka: two of the four main shrine buildings, built in the Sumiyoshi-zukuri style, with the two prayer halls at right angles Artist/Photographer Barr, John Country Japan City Osaka Subject Date 1800 Image Date 2019 View Exterior Medium Digital image Library Reference Barr 19-03-02 Orientation Square Colour Info Black and white Credit John Barr / RIBA Collections Subject Shrines ; Halls
NOTES: The original shrine was founded in the 3rd century, but the current buildings date back to the early nineteenth century. It has been rebuilt in the Sumiyoshi-zukuri style which was the characteristic architecture of the Shinto shrines which predate the arrival of Buddhism in Japan. They were constructed like ancient dwellings, of timber with pitched and gabled roofs, thatched with reed or cypress bark. The prayer halls are of a different style.
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