Toyokuni Shrine

Toyokuni Shrine

nihongo|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. [cite web|title=reibyou　霊廟|publisher=Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System|date=2001|accessdate=2007-08-09|url= http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/r/reibyou.htm]

This Hōkoku-jinja is the official tomb and shrine of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who died September 18, 1598 in Kyoto. [Ponsonby-Fane, R. (1956). "Kyoto: the Old Capital City, 794-1869," pp. 294-296.]

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). [Ponsonby-Fane, p. 327.] 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. [Ponsonby-Fane, p. 294.]

In 1897, the tercentenary of Hideyoshi was celebrated at this site. [Ponsonby-Fane, p. 296.]

References

* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A. B. (1956). "Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869." Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.


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