Tokyo—Shiba

“Under the shadow of century-old pines and cryptomeria stand the mortuary temples of the later Shoguns, superb edifices ablaze with red and gold lacquer, and set with panels of carved wood, splendid in color and gilding, the gold trefoil of the Tokugawas shining on every ridge-pole and gable.”

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, Jinrikisha Days in Japan, (New York, 1891) p. 48