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Iemitsu's mausoleum answers Toshogu's brilliance with restraint - black and gold, and 315 lanterns on the slope.
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Taiyuin is the posthumous Buddhist name of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Edo shogunate, and also the mausoleum built for him at Rinnoji. Tokugawa Iemitsu Rinnoji
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Founded / opened:1653 Highlights / collection:Mausoleum in gold and black, Yashamon Gate Genre:Architecture, Lacquer art
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