Nagoya Tōshō-gū (名古屋東照宮) is a Shinto shrine located in central Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Tōshō-gū is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. It was built in 1619 (Genna 5) on the orders of Lord Tokugawa Yoshinao of Owari, two years after the construction of Nikkō Tōshō-gū. It was located outside Nagoya Castle in the Sannomaru enceinte, next to the Tennosha (today's Nagoya Shrine). | ||||||
Affiliation: Shinto | ||||||
Location: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
Date established: 1619 | ||||||