Ueno Tosho-gu

Ueno Tosho-gu (上野東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu (Tosho Daigongen) with Tokugawa Iemitsu and Tokugawa Yoshimune enshrined as auxiliary kami. The shrine was founded in 1627 by Todo Takatora within his residence to enshrine Ieyasu, Tenkai Sojo, and Takatora himself, and was integrated with the Kan'ei-ji temple complex established by Tenkai in 1625. The present main hall, worship hall, karamon and pierced fence, built by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1651, are Important Cultural Properties of the Kan'ei era. The shrine was separated from Kan'ei-ji during the Meiji shinbutsu bunri and is one of the few sites preserving Edo-period shrine architecture intact in central Tokyo.