Toyokuni Shrine (Kanazawa)

This article is about the shrine in Kanazawa. For similarly named shrines, see Toyokuni Shrine.
Toyokuni Shrine
豊国神社
Information
Type Village shrine
Dedicated to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Maeda Toshitsune
Founded 1616
Address Higashi-Mikage-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Glossary of Shinto

Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社 Toyokuni-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Utatsu in Higashi-Mikage-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Under the former shrine ranking system, it was listed as a village shrine.

The shrine is dedicated to both Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Maeda Toshitsune, ruler of the Kaga Domain. It is located near two other shrines, Utatsu Shrine (a Tenman-gū) and Atago Shrine, and together they are known as the Mount Utatsu Three Shrines.

History

Based on the dying wish of Maeda Toshiie, Maeda Toshitsune secretly enshrined a figure of Toyotomi on the grounds of a Buddhist temple on Mount Utatsu in 1616. It became a village shrine in 1873. In 1887, the shrine was moved to the town of Tono (now Owari-chō in Kanazawa). The shrine was moved to its present location in 1908, when it was also renamed Toyokuni Shrine.

Coordinates: 36°34′11″N 136°40′25″E / 36.56972°N 136.67361°E / 36.56972; 136.67361

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