Sendai Tōshōgū

{{Short description|Memorial shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sendai, Japan}}

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| name = Sendai Tōshōgū
仙台東照宮

| image = Sendai Tōshō-gū Gate of Main Sanctuary 001.jpg

| caption = Gate of Main Sanctuary

| map_type = Japan Miyagi Prefecture#Japan

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| coordinates = {{coord|38|16|49|N|140|53|06|E|region:JP_type:landmark_source:kolossus-jawiki|display=title,inline}}

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| religious_affiliation = Shinto

| type = Tōshō-gū

| deity = Tokugawa Ieyasu

| founded_by = Date Tadamune

| established = 1654

| date_destroyed =

| location = 1-6-1 Tōshōgū, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

| website = {{URL|http://www.sendai-toshogu.or.jp/}}

| architecture_style = Irimoya-zukuri

| festival = April 14

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{{nihongo|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.{{cite web |url=http://sendai-toshogu.or.jp/05bunkazai.html |title=Cultural Properties |publisher=Sendai Tōshō-gū |accessdate=6 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112112821/http://sendai-toshogu.or.jp/05bunkazai.html |archivedate=12 January 2011 }} The torii and gates were damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.{{cite web |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20110312-OYT1T00635.htm |title=岡倉天心ゆかりの文化財「六角堂」、津波で消失 |publisher=Daily Yomiuri |date=12 March 2011 |accessdate=6 May 2011}}

History

The Sendai Tōshōgū was established by Date Tadamune, the second daimyō 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

{{nihongo|Honden|本殿}} (1654) (Important Cultural Property){{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/118 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223144843/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/118 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2019 |title=Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc. |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=25 March 2011 }}
{{nihongo|Karamon|唐門}} (1654) (ICP){{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/119 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223144223/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/119 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2019 |title=Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc. |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=25 March 2011 }}
{{nihongo|Sukibei (fence)|透塀}} (1654) (ICP){{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/120 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223144204/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/120 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2019 |title=Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc. |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=25 March 2011 }}
{{nihongo|Zuijin mon|随神門}} (1654) (ICP){{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/121 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223150203/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/121 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2019 |title=Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc. |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=25 March 2011 }}
{{nihongo|Torii|鳥居}} (1654) (ICP){{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223144216/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/122 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2019 |title=Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc. |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=25 March 2011 }}