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Click on any image to see larger photos.
Bronze Buddha, Shinkoji, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Bronze Gate, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Iyeyasu Temple, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Katase Temple, Japan 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Nishi Honganji, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Shiba Temple, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Sandai Shiogun, Japan1865
Daibutsu, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Inside Temple, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Toshioagu Temple, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Yushioin Temple, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Revolving Lantern, Japan1865
Buddhist Temple, Japan 1865
Large Bell at Daibutsu, Japan. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Daibutsu. 1865 Photograph, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
You can see many more of these wonderful photograph on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) website.
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Buddhism now 
Wonderful collection thank you for sharing
Cheers Marley.
it is very likely not 1865. First the country was still almost completely closed at this time. Secondly color photography developed after 1869 – and did slowly. Amazing pictures (likely of the early 20th) though !
Am not going to argue with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art who say the collection dated 1865. By the way, the photographs are hand-coloured.
R
Amazing!
En español, el budismo Zenón nos ha entregado los tesoros de la espiritualidad oriental y ha ayudado a muchos a colocarnos en el camino de la vida equilibrada y respetuosa.
Thanks, Namaste, Innsaie,
Really wonderful photographs! Thank you!
Unfortunately, not all of them are of Buddhist temples, 6 are taken in Toshogu complex in Nikko which is a Shinto shrine commemorating the first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
(it is still recognizable/ pretty much unchanged today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōshō-gū or google 東照宮)
Exquisite photographs ~
These are amazing! After enjoying looking at them, I visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art website linked on the post. There are many more than appear here.
I have very fond memories of my painter mother taking me to the museum in the 1950s and ’60s, first at its original location at the LA Exposition Center, and then at its present location on Wilshire Blvd in the Miracle Mile. When my son, almost 40 now, was a baby, I took him to the same museum to begin to share with him the magic of original art by some of the best painters ever to put brush to canvas. Please enjoy these and visit the LACMA site where you can see more and even download any that are in the public domain.
:-)