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Toyokuni Shrine (Kanazawa)

Coordinates: 36°34′11″N 136°40′25″E / 36.56972°N 136.67361°E / 36.56972; 136.67361
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Toyokuni Shrine
豊国神社
Toyokuni Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityToyotomi Hideyoshi, Maeda Toshitsune
TypeVillage shrine
Location
LocationHigashi-Mikage-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Toyokuni Shrine (Kanazawa) is located in Japan
Toyokuni Shrine (Kanazawa)
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates36°34′11″N 136°40′25″E / 36.56972°N 136.67361°E / 36.56972; 136.67361
Architecture
FounderMaeda Toshitsune
Date established1616
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 shrine ranking system, it was listed as a village shrine. Its annual festival day is May 2.

The shrine is dedicated to both Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Maeda Toshitsune, the founder of 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

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Based on the dying wish of Maeda Toshiie, Maeda Toshitsune secretly enshrined a figure of Toyotomi Hideyoshi 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.