gems of the ancient Chinese art of stone carving. Most of these stone pieces line the sides of the spirit path, from outside Rosefinch Gate to the north: The first carved stones are a pair of ...

On Sunday, markings resembling Chinese characters were discovered on another gate leading to the Meiji ... symbol meaning "death" in two places on a stone wall of the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo.

The day before, other carvings resembling Chinese characters were found on another gate leading to the same ... was discovered in two places on the stone wall of the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

spent 20 years carving the 630,000 Chinese characters onto 189 stone tablets. Today these tables are located to the east of the Taixue Gate. Behind the Biyong Hall stands the former Chongwen ...