Entrance to the Tombs of the Tokugawa Shoguns

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Entrance to the Tombs of the Tokugawa Shoguns
Entrance to the Tombs of the Tokugawa Shoguns

This is a close-up the Tokugawa family crest on the gate to the shogunal tombs at Zōjō-ji. according to my friend, Marky Star, the man behind the awesome Japan This! blog (markystar.wordpress.com/), this gate was originally the Nakamon (middle gate) of Tokugawa Ienobu's funerary temple. Behind this door, are the graves of 6 of the 15 Tokugawa shoguns who ruled from 1603-1868, as well as wives, concubines, and daughters. Notable shogunal wives buried here are the imperial princess Kazunomiya, who was married to the 14th shogun, Iemochi, and Gō, the wife of the second shogun, Hidetada.

Zōjō-ji is affiliated with the Jōdo sect of Buddhism, which was founded by Hōnen in 1175. Zōjō-ji was built in 1393, but Tokugawa Ieyasu moved it to its current site in the Shiba are of Minato-ku in 1598 as he began to build up the city of Edo—which was what Tokyo was called until 1868. Zōjō-ji became the patron temple of the Tokugawa and the final resting place for many of the shoguns—hence the temple and its gates are decorated with the hollyhock family crest of the Tokugawa clan.

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Taken on: April 26, 2015
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