Kishū Tōshō-gū

Kishū Tōshō-gū
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Basic information
Geographic coordinates	34°11′33″N 135°09′57″E / 34.1926°N 135.1657°E / 34.1926; 135.1657Coordinates: 34°11′33″N 135°09′57″E / 34.1926°N 135.1657°E / 34.1926; 135.1657
Affiliation	Shinto
Glossary of Shinto

Kishū Tōshō-gū (紀州東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Its name is taken from the former Kishū Domain, now known as Wakayama Prefecture.

See also

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 shinboku 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 shinboku 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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