A
Tōshō-gū (東照宮) is any
Shinto shrine
A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more ''kami'', the deities of the Shinto religion.
Overview
Structurally, a Shinto shrine typically comprises several buildings.
The ''honden''Also called (本殿, meanin ...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fello ...
is enshrined with the name Tōshō Daigongen (東照大権現). This list may never be complete given the widespread veneration of Tōshō Daigongen.
* Dewa Sanzan Tōshō-gū 出羽三山神社
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Hamamatsu Tōshō-gū 浜松東照宮
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Hanazono Shrine 花園神社
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Hida Tōshō-gū 飛騨東照宮
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Hirosaki Tōshō-gū
was a Shinto shrine located in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
History
The Hirosaki Tōshō-gū was founded by the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Hirosaki Domain, Tsugaru Nobumasa, to worship the deified Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1617. It was the first Tōsh ...
弘前東照宮
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Hiroshima Tōshō-gū 広島東照宮
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Hiyoshi Tōshō-gū 日吉東照宮
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Hokkaidō Tōshō-gū 北海道東照宮
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Hōraisan Tōshō-gū 鳳来山東照宮
Iga Tōshō-gū伊賀東照宮
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Kishū Tōshō-gū (also Wakayama Tōshō-gū)
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Kunōzan Tōshō-gū
The is a Shintō shrine in Suruga-ku in the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the original burial place of the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and is thus the oldest of the Tōshō-gū shrines i ...
久能山東照宮
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Matsudaira Tōshō-gū 松平東照宮
* Matsue Jinja 松江神社
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Mito Tōshō-gū 水戸東照宮
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Maebashi Tōshō-gū 前橋東照宮
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Nagoya Tōshō-gū 名古屋東照宮
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Nikkō Tōshō-gū 日光東照宮
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Ōchidani Jinja 樗谿神社
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Oshi Tōshō-gū 忍東照宮
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Reikyū Jinja 霊丘神社
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Sendai Tōshō-gū 仙台東照宮
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Serada Tōshō-gū 世良田東照宮
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Shiba Tōshō-gū 芝東照宮
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Tatsuo Jinja 龍尾神社
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Tokugawa Tōshō-gū 徳川東照宮
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Ueno Tōshō-gū 上野東照宮
* Yashima Jinja 屋島神社
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Yōkaichiba Tōshō-gū 八日市場東照宮
Three of the shrines are enumerated as the Three Great Tōshō-gū Shrines (日本三大東照宮):
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Hōraisan Tōshō-gū 鳳来山東照宮
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Senba Tōshō-gū 仙波東照宮
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Takisan Tōshō-gū
is a Shinto shrine in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
History
In 1644, Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu ordered the construction of a shrine to his deified grandfather, Tokugawa ...
滝山東照宮
See also
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List of Jingū
External links
National Tōshō-gū association website
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Lists of religious buildings and structures in Japan
Lists of Shinto shrines