Shiba Toshogu

The temple was initially solicited within the precincts of Zojoji Temple. Zojoji Temple was established as a Bodhi temple of the Tokugawa family in 1590 when Prince Ieyasu entered Edo in the eighteenth year of Tensho (1590). At that time, it was located in Hibiya, but in the third year of Keicho (1598), it was moved to its current location due to the expansion work of Edo Castle. Thereafter, under the protection of the shogunate, it became the main temple of the Kanto Jodo Buddhist Temple, and was practically the most powerful temple in the sect. The shrine dedicated to Prince Ieyasu in the precincts of Zojoji Temple was called Ankokuden. This is due to the legal name of Prince Ieyasu, "Ikshin Daisō Kokuankokuin Dentokurensha Sublime Dōwa Ōishi". The shrine of Ankokuden is a life-size statue of Juju that was carved by Prince Ieyasu, who reached the age of 60 on New Year's Day in the sixth year of Keicho (1601), and the prince personally performed a ceremony for this statue at Sunpu Castle during his lifetime. At the time of his death, the Duke asked the monks of Zojoji Temple, who had come to visit Sunpu Castle, that the statue should be enshrined in Zojoji Temple and protect the eternal state, and he had bequeathed to enshrine this statue in the temple, and it was given to him by Doi Daisuke Toshikatsu (later the elder), who was the magistrate of the construction at the time of the founding of the Ankokuden. Due to the separation of Shinto and Buddhist shrines in the early Meiji era, Ankokuden was separated from Zojoji Temple and called Toshogu Shrine, and the statue of the god was enshrined and dedicated in the main shrine. In the 6th year of Meiji (1873), it was lined up in the township shrine, and the shrine hall was maintained at the time of reconstruction in the 18th year of Kanei (1633), but due to the fire of May 25, Showa 20, the shrine hall was burned down except for the statue of the god and the natural monument Gongsun Tree. In the 38th year of Showa (1963), the statue was designated as an important cultural property of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and on August 17, 1969, the shrine was completed by the Reconstruction Dedication Society.

Worship: 24 hours