Nitenmon
To the east, on the right hand side toward the main hall, is a vermilion gate called Nitenmon. The gate was built in 164...
9, and at that time it was enshrined with Toyoiwamadonomikoto and Kushiiwamadomimikoto as perpetual images. It was called Yadaijinmon. The statue was enshrined at Asakusa Shrine in 1884 due to the separation policy of Shinto and Buddha From Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hirometen and Jikokuten were dedicated and came to be called Nitenmon. These two bodies were burned down in the war in 1945, and the statue that was worshiped at the Ueno, Kanei-ji Temple in 1957 is now enshrined in 1957. Nitenmon has been designated as a national important cultural property as a building that remains from the early Edo period. Finished renovation in 2010, vivid colors revived at the time of foundation.