Toyokuni Shrine (Kyoto)

This article is about the shrine in Kyoto. For similarly named shrines, see Toyokuni Shrine (disambiguation).

Toyokuni Shrine 豊国神社
Karamon gate at entrance to Toyokuni Shrine
Information
Dedicated to	Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Founded	1599
Address	530 Chaya-chō, Shōmen-dōri, Yamato-ōdōri, Higashiyama-ku, Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-ken
Glossary of Shinto

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 (a Shinto altar for ancestor worship) ever constructed, which was later destroyed by the Tokugawa clan.^[1]

History

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

Nobles, priests, warriors, and townspeople gathered at the shrine to celebrate the anniversary of Hideyoshi's apotheosis with banquets, musical recitals, and boisterous festivity. The shrine was closed by Tokugawa Ieyasu in June 1615 "to discourage these unseemly displays of loyalty to a man he had eclipsed."^[3]

The Meiji Emperor directed that the shrine be restored in Keiō 4, the 6th day of the 6th month (April 28, 1868).^[4] 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.^[5]

In 1897, the tercentenary of Hideyoshi was celebrated at this site.^[6]

Architecture

The karamon gate is rumored to have been moved from Fushimi Castle.

Designated Cultural Properties

National Treasures of Japan

The karamon

Important Cultural Properties

Painted folding screen depicting Festivals of Toyokuni (豊国の祭り), by Kanō Naizen of the Kanō School
Vest garment decorated with gold Chrysanthemum motif
Three decorated Chinese-style chests
Iron lantern cage
Naginata blade Honebami ("Bone-eater"), unsigned, attributed to Awataguchi Yoshimitsu

Images

The front shrine and main hall
Roof
Ema

Notes

↑ "reibyou　霊廟". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. 2001. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, R. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital City, 794-1869, pp. 294-296.
↑ Berry, Mary E. (1982). Hideyoshi. pp. 1.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 327.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 294.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 296.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Toyokuni Shrine (Kyoto).

Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A. B. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
Berry, Mary Elizabeth. (1982). Hideyoshi. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-39026-1 (cloth, 1982), ISBN 0-674-39026-1 (paper, 1989) (scholarly biography)

Coordinates: 34°59′29″N 135°46′21″E / 34.99139°N 135.77250°E / 34.99139; 135.77250

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

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