Toyokuni Shrine

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The front shrine and main hall
The front shrine and main hall

Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社 Toyokuni Jinja?) is a Shinto shrine located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 1599 to commemorate Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is the location of the first tamaya (an altar used in Shinto-style ancestor worship) ever constructed, which was later destroyed by Nobunaga Oda.[1]

This Hōkoku-jinja is the official tomb and shrine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who died September 18, 1598 in Kyoto.[2]

The shrine was demolished by Tokugawa Ieyasu in June 1615.

The Meiji Emperor directed that the shrine be restored in Keiō 4, the 6th day of the 6th month (April 28, 1868).[3] At that time, the shrine area was expanded slightly by encompassing a small parcel of land which had been part of the adjacent Hōkō-ji.[4]

In 1897, the tercentenary of Hideyoshi was celebrated at this site.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ reibyou　霊廟. Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System (2001). Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, R. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital City, 794-1869, pp. 294-296.
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 327.
  4. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 294.
  5. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 296.
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A. B. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
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