Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康)
The first Tokugawa shogun, enshrined after his death in 1616 as the deity Tōshō Daigongen.
Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the shogunate that governed Japan from 1603 until 1868, and after his death in 1616 he was enshrined as a deity under the name Tōshō Daigongen. The shrines that enshrine him are called Toshogu, of which the best known are at Nikko and Kunozan, and there are many across the country. Ueno Toshogu in Tokyo, founded in 1627, keeps a gilded hall rebuilt in 1651 in the manner of Nikko so that Edo people who could not travel that far had somewhere nearer, and states that it is held to be of particular benefit for advancement, for victory, and for health and long life.
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ShrineUeno Toshogu
- Career & Work
- Health & Healing
A shrine in Ueno Park founded in 1627 to Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose gilded 1651 hall survived the Ueno war, the earthquake and the air raids intact.
ShrineFukutoku Shrine
- Money & Prosperity
A small Nihonbashi shrine whose name means good fortune, which ran shogunate-licensed lotteries in the Edo period and still performs a prayer for winning one.