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The album of Toshogu at Nikko

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1929
Call Number
06.1 J11t
Responsibility
Printer : Minoru Otsuka, Tokyo; Printer place : Otsuka Kojyukusha, Tokyo
Published Date
1929
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japan
Japanese
Abstract
Pertains to images of scared shrines, temples and carvings featured at the shrine of Toshogu in Nikko, Japan. The album captures images of ancient sacred meeting places, granting the viewer a chance to delve into traditional Japanese culture. Today, the Toshogu shrine continues to be immensely popular, drawing together tourist from all around the world.
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
06.1 J11t
Collection
Archives Library
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Date
1925
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
108.04.1103 a,b
Description
(a) Long silk climbing rope, looped and coiled. (b) Original cardboard box with ACC note regarding useMade in Japan.
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Title
Climbing Rope
Date
1925
Material
fibre
Description
(a) Long silk climbing rope, looped and coiled. (b) Original cardboard box with ACC note regarding useMade in Japan.
Subject
sports
climbing
Japanese
Yuko Maki
Emperor of Japan
Mount Alberta
Credit
Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
Catalogue Number
108.04.1103 a,b
Images
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Date
1922 – 1938
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
109.03.0009 a-e
Description
Japanese 50-Sen coins. Obverse: Cherry blossoms and Japanese characters. Reverse: Pair of phoenix, chrysanthemum, Japanese characters.
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Title
Coin Money
Date
1922 – 1938
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.3 x 2.3 cm
Description
Japanese 50-Sen coins. Obverse: Cherry blossoms and Japanese characters. Reverse: Pair of phoenix, chrysanthemum, Japanese characters.
Subject
Whyte home
money
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.03.0009 a-e
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Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.0 cm
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured in brown and green.
Subject
mausoleum
shrine
temple
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.003
Description
A gray watercoloured stone path leads back to a Japanese temple with two levels of curving roof. The path winds through a garden of stone sculptures that stand on pedestals before reaching the temple. The temple is coloured with red on the outside walls and windows are yellow and the sloping roof…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Temple, Japan
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 24.5 cm
Description
A gray watercoloured stone path leads back to a Japanese temple with two levels of curving roof. The path winds through a garden of stone sculptures that stand on pedestals before reaching the temple. The temple is coloured with red on the outside walls and windows are yellow and the sloping roofs are green. A stone wall is to the right of the temple and behind it is a tree trunk painted in brown with two branches in yellow and green. Framing the image to the right is the beginning of a curved gable that enters into the frame but is discontinued.
Subject
temple
shrine
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.003
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
c. 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.443
Description
Two pencil drawings on a paper that has been folded horizontally. One drawing depicts a structure with curved, extended eaves, resembling Japanese architecture. The other drawing is of two faces with almond-shaped eyes. They are oriented 180 degrees in opposite direction from eachother.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.1 x 21.5 cm
Description
Two pencil drawings on a paper that has been folded horizontally. One drawing depicts a structure with curved, extended eaves, resembling Japanese architecture. The other drawing is of two faces with almond-shaped eyes. They are oriented 180 degrees in opposite direction from eachother.
Subject
Asia
face
architecture
Japan
China
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.443
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