Sendai Tōshōgū

Sendai Tōshōgū
仙台東照宮

Torii on the approach to Sendai Tōshōgū
Information
Type Tōshō-gū
Dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu
Founded 1654
Founder(s) Date Tadamune
Reisai April 14
Honden style Irimoya-zukuri
Address 1-6-1 Tōshōgū, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi
Website www.sendai-toshogu.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Sendai Tōshōgū (仙台東照宮) is the memorial shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Five of its buildings, all dating to 1654, have been designated Important Cultural Properties.[1] The torii and gates were damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2]

History

The Sendai Tōshōgū was established by Date Tadamune, the second daimyo of Sendai Domain. Construction began in August 1649, and was completed in March 1654. The shrine served as the tutelary temple of the Date clan during the Edo period. However, with the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, the new Meiji government initially closed the shrine. It was soon re-opened due to demands of local townspeople, and under the State Shinto system of shrine ranking from 1879 through 1916, was officially designated as a “county shrine” and from 1916 to 1946 as a “prefectural shrine”.

Notable structures

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cultural Properties". Sendai Tōshō-gū. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "岡倉天心ゆかりの文化財「六角堂」、津波で消失". Daily Yomiuri. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc.". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc.". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc.". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc.". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc.". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
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Coordinates: 38°16′49″N 140°53′06″E / 38.28028°N 140.88500°E / 38.28028; 140.88500

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