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*''Birth: [[1574]]''
*''Death: [[1646]]''
*''Japanese'': [[甲良]] 宗広 ''(Koura Munehiro)''
Kora Munehiro was an early [[Edo period]] architect known in particular for directing the construction of [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].
Born in [[1574]] and raised in Kôra in [[Omi province|Ômi province]], Munehiro was involved in the construction of buildings or sculptures at a number of notable sites over the course of his career, including overseeing or directing the construction of buildings at [[Yoshida Shrine]] in Kyoto, the five-story pagoda at [[Kan'ei-ji]] in [[Edo]], and sculptures for Daitoku-in at [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]]. In recognition of his contributions, he was granted the honorary title of Bungo no kami in [[1596]]; that same year, he oversaw repair work at [[Fushimi castle]], which was damaged in an earthquake.
In [[1634]], he was appointed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to oversee the construction of shrine buildings at Nikkô Tôshôgû, a shrine dedicated to the ''[[kami]]'' Tôshô Daigongen, the deified spirit of the late [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. Directing a team of some 10,000 workers, he completed the shrine in under a year and a half.
His hometown of Kôra (modern-day [[Shiga prefecture]]) is today sister cities with the city of [[Nikko|Nikkô]]. A bronze statue of Munehiro, erected in 1979, stands today in the parking lot on the shrine grounds.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Nikkô Tôshôgû.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54287904311/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Death: [[1646]]''
*''Japanese'': [[甲良]] 宗広 ''(Koura Munehiro)''
Kora Munehiro was an early [[Edo period]] architect known in particular for directing the construction of [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].
Born in [[1574]] and raised in Kôra in [[Omi province|Ômi province]], Munehiro was involved in the construction of buildings or sculptures at a number of notable sites over the course of his career, including overseeing or directing the construction of buildings at [[Yoshida Shrine]] in Kyoto, the five-story pagoda at [[Kan'ei-ji]] in [[Edo]], and sculptures for Daitoku-in at [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]]. In recognition of his contributions, he was granted the honorary title of Bungo no kami in [[1596]]; that same year, he oversaw repair work at [[Fushimi castle]], which was damaged in an earthquake.
In [[1634]], he was appointed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to oversee the construction of shrine buildings at Nikkô Tôshôgû, a shrine dedicated to the ''[[kami]]'' Tôshô Daigongen, the deified spirit of the late [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. Directing a team of some 10,000 workers, he completed the shrine in under a year and a half.
His hometown of Kôra (modern-day [[Shiga prefecture]]) is today sister cities with the city of [[Nikko|Nikkô]]. A bronze statue of Munehiro, erected in 1979, stands today in the parking lot on the shrine grounds.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Nikkô Tôshôgû.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54287904311/sizes/h/]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]