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Nikkō Tōshō-gū 日光東照宮
Yōmeimon
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Tokugawa Ieyasu
Type	Tōshō-gū
Location
Location	2301 Sannai, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture 〒 321-1431
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	36°45′29″N 139°35′56″E / 36.758064°N 139.598958°E / 36.758064; 139.598958
Architecture
Architectural style	Gongen-zukuri
Date established	1617
Website
www.toshogu.jp/english/
Glossary of Shinto

Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮) is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

Nikko Tosho-gu and Futarasan Shrine and Rinnō-ji are listed as the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō UNESCO World Heritage Site. The shrine has National Treasures of Japan, and three Important Cultural Properties.

Gallery[change | change source]

Tablet reads "Tōshō Dai-Gongen" (東照大権現) on the torii. Attributed to Emperor Go-Mizunoo
Oranda dōrō (Dutch lantern) gifted by the Dutch East India Company presented to the shōgun in 1643
This bell gifted by the Korean Joseon dynasty
A kagura-den in the temple
A karamon
Statues of Nio guards the temple
Iron lanterns donated by Daimyo Date Masamune
The urn has the ashes of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Related pages[change | change source]

List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines)
List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-swords)
Shinbashira, the central wooden column, almost freely suspended

Related websites[change | change source]

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzu or temizu Haiden Heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den setsumatsusha
Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae shinboku shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō
Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-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
Decorations	Sandō Saisen Tomoe Shimenawa

Others

Implements	An Chōzubachi Chōzuya Hakama Himorogi Jōe Kagura suzu O-miki Ō-nusa Gohei Sanbo Shide Shinsen Suzu Tamagushi Washi
Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Inari Okami Inari shrines Usa Hachiman-gū Hachiman Hachiman shrines Ise Grand Shrine Amaterasu Jingūkyō Jingu Taima Shinmei shrines Dazaifu Tenman-gū Tenjin Tenjin shrines Munakata Taisha daughters of Amaterasu Suwa Taisha Takeminakata Yasakatome Kotoshironushi Hiyoshi Taisha Ōkuninushi Oyamakui no Kami Sannō torii Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō Kumano Nachi Taisha Kumano Kodō Kumano Sanzan Tsushima Shrine Gion worship Yasaka Shrine Gion worship
Tutelary deities	Ujigami Chinjugami Garanshin Dōsojin Jinushigami Yama-no-Kami Oyagami Sorei Ubusunagami Kunitama
Yorishiro and Shintai	Mirrors Shinboku (trees) Chinju no Mori (forests) Iwakura (rocks) Meoto Iwa Kannabi (locations) Katashiro (dolls) Kadomatsu Bunrei and Kanjō (propagation) Ofuda Jingu Taima Omamori Senjafuda Hitogami Mikoshi Matsuri float Shinko-shiki
Staff	Kannushi Miko
Miscellaneous	A-un Kanjo Nawa Junrei Misaki Miyamairi Shinshi
Classsification	Twenty-Two Shrines Gokoku Shrines Beppyo Shrines Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Engishiki Jinmyocho Myojin Taisha Kokushi genzaisha Chinjusha Setsumatsusha Hokora Buddhist elements jingū-ji miyadera Whale mounds Kamidana Mitamaya Sōja shrine
History	Shrine Parishioner Registration Secular Shrine Theory Shrine Consolidation Policy Shrine Shinto
Misc practices for visitors	Ō-mikuji Shuin Ema
Institutions	Jinja Honchō
Rites	Futomani Harae Kagura Misogi Hakushu Two bows, two claps, one bow Jichinsai
¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

Authority control
International	VIAF 2 WorldCat Identities
National	United States Japan
Academics	CiNii