Tōshō-gū A is a Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, is enshrined. List of Tōshō-gū, Tōshō-gūs are found throughout Japan. The most well-known Tōshō-gū is the Nikkō Tōshō-gū located i ...

(東照宮) is any

Shinto shrine A Stuart D. B. Picken, 1994. p. xxiii is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami, , the deities of the Shinto religion. The Also called the . is where a shrine's patron is or are enshrined.Iwanami Japanese dic ...

in which

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

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 * Hamamatsu Tōshō-gū 浜松東照宮 * Hanazono Shrine 花園神社 *

Hida Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Takayama Tōshō-gū was built in 1619 by Kanamori Shigeyori, the ''daimyō'' of Takayama Do ...

飛騨東照宮 *

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 *

Hiroshima Tōshō-gū 260px, Torii at the entrance Hiroshima Tōshō-gū (広島東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is Tōshō-gū shrine, which enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Geograp ...

広島東照宮 *

Hiyoshi Tōshō-gū Hiyoshi Tōshō-gū (日吉東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was established in 1623. The shrine's annual festival is held on June 1. It u ...

日吉東照宮 *

Hokkaidō Tōshō-gū Hokkaido Tōshō-gū (北海道東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was previously known as Hakodate Tōshō-gū (函館東照宮). ...

北海道東照宮 *

Hōraisan Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the deified first Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. History The Hōraisan Tōshō-gū was established by Shōgun Tokug ...

鳳来山東照宮
Iga Tōshō-gū
伊賀東照宮 * Kishū Tōshō-gū (also Wakayama Tōshō-gū) *

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 ...

久能山東照宮 *

Matsudaira Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. History The descendants of Matsudaira Chikauji (d. 1393), the progenitor of the Matsudaira clan, continued to live ...

松平東照宮 * Matsue Jinja 松江神社 *

Mito Tōshō-gū is the Tōshō-gū, memorial shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Mito, Ibaraki, Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. History The Mito Tōshōgū was established by Tokugawa Yorifusa, the 11th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and ''daimyō'' of Mito Domain in 1621. ...

水戸東照宮 *

Maebashi Tōshō-gū is a Shinto Shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu in the city of Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1624. History The Maebashi Tōshō-gū was initially established in 1624 by Matsudaira Naomoto (1604-1648) in Echizen-Kat ...

前橋東照宮 *

Nagoya Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine located in central Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. History Tōshō-gū is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. It was built in 1619 (Genna 5) on the orders of Lord Tokugawa Yoshinao of Owari ...

名古屋東照宮 *

Nikkō Tōshō-gū is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Together with Futarasan Shrine and Rinnō-ji, it forms the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō UNESCO World Heritage Site, with 42 structures of the shrine included in the ...

日光東照宮 * Ōchidani Jinja 樗谿神社 * Oshi Tōshō-gū 忍東照宮 * Reikyū Jinja 霊丘神社 *

Sendai Tōshō-gū is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the twelfth most populated city in Japan. The modern city was founded in 1600 by th ...

仙台東照宮 * Serada Tōshō-gū 世良田東照宮 *

Shiba Tōshō-gū is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in the Minato ward of Tokyo, Japan. Like every other ''Tōshō-gū'' shrine, it is characterized by enshrining the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu with the name Tōshō Daigong ...

芝東照宮 *

Tatsuo Jinja Tatsuo (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actor *, Japanese engineer *Tatsuo Fukuda (福田達夫, born 1967), Japanese politician *, Japanese swi ...

龍尾神社 * Tokugawa Tōshō-gū 徳川東照宮 *

Ueno Tōshō-gū is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in the Taitō Special wards of Tokyo, ward of Tokyo, Japan. First established in 1627 by Tōdō Takatora and renovated in 1651 by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shrine has remained mostly intact since that time, ma ...

上野東照宮 * Yashima Jinja 屋島神社 *

Yōkaichiba Tōshō-gū Yōkaichiba Tōshō-gū (八日市場東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Sōsa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. See also *Tōshō-gū *List of Tōshō-gū A Tōshō-gū (東照� ...

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): *

鳳来山東照宮 * Senba Tōshō-gū 仙波東照宮 * Takisan Tōshō-gū 滝山東照宮

External links

National Tōshō-gū association website
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