Artful Carving Detail at Toshogu Shrine in the Downtown Ueno District of Taito Ward in Tokyo, Japan - Stock-Fotografie

A detailed close-up view shows the intricate artful wooden carving of a Noboriryu 'Ascending Dragon' (by Edo Period artist Hidari Jingoro), with gold foil decoration on a pillar of the Karamon Gate (a National Treasure, restored in 1651), at Ueno Toshogu Shrine (a Shinto shrine dedicated to shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, originally built in 1627), in Ueno Park (a spacious public park established in 1873 on the former grounds of Kanei-ji Temple; Tokyo's liveliest and Japan's most popular park), located in the Ueno district of Taito Ward in the old shitamachi downtown area of Tokyo, Japan.