Images

A plan of Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. The castle was first built in 1603 CE by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (r. 1603-1605 CE) Key: 1) Higashi-Ōte-mon (Great Eastern Gate, today main entrance) 2) Guard house 3) Kara-mon 4) Honourable Carriage...

A painting of Azuchi Castle, built by Oda Nobunaga in 1579 CE on the edge of Lake Biwa, Japan.

Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino, Italy.

Temple entrance, Lalish (cropped image)

The Peacock Angel (Tawusi Melek in Kurdish) is the chief member of the Yazidi Holy Trinity. Cropped image, taken in Lalesh.

A painted silk portrait thought to represent Ashikaga Takauji (r. 1338-1358), first shogun of Japan's Ashikaga shogunate (aka Muromachi shogunate) which would rule Japan until 1573. (The Shogun is show in a traidtional seated posture and...

A 14th century CE portrait of the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo (r. 1318-1339 CE). Taken from 'Miru Yomu Wakaru Nihon No Rekishi 2 Chusei', 1993 CE, Asahi Shinbun-sha.

A landscape ink and water painting by Sesshu (real name Toyo, 1420-1506 CE), one of the most important artists of Japan's Muromachi period (1333-1573 CE). This example was painted using the 'splashed-ink' technique. Hanging scroll, 1495 CE...

A painted scroll showing samurai of the Muromachi period (1333-1573 CE). 1538 CE. (Musee Guimet, Paris)

The devil is selling indulgences. Illustration from the Jena Codex, 1490-1510 CE.