Artist: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, Hoto Seal
Publisher: Marutomoe
Shopping Store (Nanbaya)
Theme: Actor Portraits, Famous Places
Cast: Iwai Kumesaburo, Ichikawa Danjūrō, Nakamura Utaemon, Onoe Baiko, Ichimura Uzaemon

“Zuishinmon” refers to the current Nitenmon Gate. In Kuniyoshi’s painting, famous actors are depicted in front of Nanbaya. Nanbaya’s Okita, depicted in Utamaro’s Three Beauties of the Time, was the store’s poster girl. While Nanbaya has since moved, this is a valuable painting that confirms its original location.

“Zuishinmon”: The vivid vermilion east gate of Sensō-ji Temple, a National Important Cultural Property

• The current Nitenmon Gate is a vermilion-painted gate standing to the east of the main hall; the current gate was built in 1649 as the east gate of Sensoji Temple. During the Edo period, it was called Zuishinmon Gate, and Toyoiwamato no Mikoto and Kushiiwamato no Mikoto were enshrined on either side as guardian deities (zuishinzo).
• In 1884, following the separation of Shinto and Buddhism, the zuishinzo that had been enshrined at Zuishinmon Gate were moved to Asakusa Shrine, and statues of Komokuten and Jikokuten were donated from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura. At this time, the name was changed from Zuishinmon to Nitenmon.