kirishitan dourou キリシタン灯籠
CATEGORY: architecture / lanterns
 
Lit. 'A Christian lantern'. A lantern with carved designs of Christain figures were influenced by the early Christains in 16c Japan. Identical in form to *oribe dourou 織部灯籠. Examples remain at Taishuji's Gekkeiji in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
 
 

 
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