Ueno Tōshō-gū (上野東照宮) is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan.
The honden and Karamon
Ueno Tōshō-gū ca. 1920
A Visit to Ueno Tōshō-gū Shrine by Harada Naojirō (1863-1899)
front view of the karamon
Tōshō-gū (東照宮) is any Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) is enshrined. Ieyasu was the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1868), which is the third and last of the shogunal governments in Japanese history. He was deified with the name Tōshō Daigongen (東照大権現), the "Great Gongen, Light of the East", and this is what gives Tōshō-gū shrines their name.
Yomeimon at Nikkō Tōshō-gū
Nikkō Tōshō-gū Nikkō, Tochigi
Kunōzan Tōshō-gū Shizuoka, Shizuoka
Ueno Tōshō-gū Tokyo, Tokyo