Hōraisan Tōshō-gū
| Hōraisan Tōshō-gū | |
|---|---|
鳳来山東照宮 | |
 Hōraisan Tōshō-gū | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Festival | April 17 |
| Type | Tōshō-gū |
| Location | |
| Location | Shinshiro, Aichi, Japan |
  Hōraisan Tōshō-gū  Hōraisan Tōshō-gū (Japan) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 34°58′44″N 137°35′15″E / 34.9788°N 137.5875°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Tokugawa Iemitsu |
| Date established | 1651 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
Hōraisan Tōshō-gū (鳳来山東照宮) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the deified first Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
History[edit]
The Hōraisan Tōshō-gū was established by Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu as a branch of the Nikkō Tōshō-gū within the holy mountain Buddhist temple of Hōrai-ji as part of his rebuilding of the temple in 1648. Abe Tadaaki, the daimyō of Oshi Domain and Ōta Sukemune, daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain were ordered to oversee the construction. The work was not completed until 1651, during the tenure of his successor, Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna, who had assigned Honda Toshinaga, daimyō of Yokosuka Domain and Ogasawara Tadatomo of Yoshida Domain to the task. Various other daimyō were invited to contribute votive stone lanterns to the shrine, and the shogunate donated the sword used by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara to the new shrine to give it additional prestige. The shrine was repaired ten times during the course of the Tokugawa shogunate.
The Honden, Heiden, Middle Gate, Ablution font and two sets of carved wood panels on the shrine wall are all designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "東照宮 本殿" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- ^ "東照宮 拝殿、幣殿" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- ^ "東照宮 中門" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- ^ "東照宮 水屋" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- ^ "東照宮 左右透塀(右)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- ^ "東照宮 左右透塀(左)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
External links[edit]
Media related to Houraisan Tōshō-gū at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
