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title: Chumon Gate, Kasuga Taisha
author: Bernard Gagnon
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6761/chumon-gate-kasuga-taisha/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Chumon Gate, Kasuga Taisha
_Authored by Bernard Gagnon_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6761.jpg)
## Image Caption
The Chumon Gate of the [Shinto](https://www.worldhistory.org/Shinto/) [Kasuga Taisha](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kasuga_Taisha/) Shrine, [Nara](https://www.worldhistory.org/Nara/), [Japan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Japan/). The shrine was officially founded in 768 CE and the present gate structure dates to 1613 CE.
## Cite This Work
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Gagnon, B. (2017, June 20). Chumon Gate, Kasuga Taisha. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kasuga_Shrine_01.jpg) by [**Bernard Gagnon**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kasuga_Shrine_01.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 20 June 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.