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	Tokyo - City Travel Guide - Toshogu Shrine
		Toshogu shrines were built accordingly throughout the country, often adjoining important temples or sites that had a family or personal connection with Tokugawa Ieyasu.
		Each Toshogu, especially when compared to temples or shrines of a similar construction period, or the drab designs of much of the post-Tokugawa architecture, is beautifully painted and intricately decorated with wood carvings and in many cases gold leaf.
		Toshogu is open to the public from 9am-5pm, JY200, and while it might appear neglected it is one of the rare places preserved in its almost original state.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/tokyo/toshogu.html (1571 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Toshogu Shrine is perhaps the most recognizable of the compounds at Nikko.
		Its main hall was built in 1617 as a shrine and mausoleum for Ieyasu Tokugawa (1543-1616), founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868).
		The entrance gate to Toshogu Shrine (Yomeimon) consists of two stories and is one of the most elaborate in all of Japan.
	www.japancorner.com /nikko.asp (538 words)

	Nikko : Attractions \| Frommers.com
		Toshogu Shrine and the other sights in Nikko Sannai are open daily April to October from 8am to 5pm (to 4pm the rest of the year); you must enter at least 30 minutes before closing time.
		Toshogu Shrine -- The most important and famous structure in Nikko is Toshogu Shrine, built by Tokugawa's grandson (and 3rd Tokugawa shogun), Tokugawa Iemitsu, as an act of devotion.
		Toshogu Shrine is set in a grove of magnificent ancient Japanese cedars planted over a 20-year period during the 1600s by a feudal lord named Matsudaira Masatsuna.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/nikko/2052010029.html (1448 words)

	Nikko Travel: Toshogu Shrine
		The Toshogu is the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868.
		Unless you intend to visit only the Toshogu, it is recommended to purchase a combination ticket, which also includes admission to the Rinnoji, Taiyuinbyo and Futarasan Shrine.
		Toshogu and Nikko's other main shrines and temples are located a 30 minute walk or 10 minute bus ride (300 Yen one way, 500 Yen day pass, covered by the Tobu free passes) from Tobu and JR Nikko Stations.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3801.html (290 words)

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		The most famous aspect of Toshogu is probably this carving, called "Sanzaru" (the three monkeys).
		Toshogu Shrine was completed in 1636, twenty years after Ieyasu's death and ten years before Tsunayoshi was born.
		I had visited Toshogu once before, twenty years earlier, and the only things I recalled about it were the Sanzaru and the tall trees.
	www.sloperama.com /WCMJ/nikko.html (593 words)

	Aug 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Toshogu Shrine was built for Tokugawa Ieyasu after his death.
		The Toshogu Shrine is very famous for its colorful and umptuously decorated buildings which are untypical for - usually in simple styles built - Shinto shrines.
		It is laid out very similarily to the Toshogu Shrine, the mausoleum of Ieyasu, but it is smaller, less colorful and simpler.
	www.neta.com /~jmeyers/japan/august23.html (136 words)

	Niko, Japan and the Toshogu National Shrine
		Nikko's Toshogu Shrine was built to honor the memory of Ieyasu Tokugawa, Japan's first Shogun.
		In all there are 55 main structures on the grounds at Toshogu Shrine and it covers 80,000 sq.
		The bridge was built in 1636 for the exclusive use, for over three hundred years, of the Shogun and his emissaries to cross the Daiyagawa River.
	www.anniebees.com /Asia/Asia34.htm (611 words)

	Takisanji Temple (Kamakura period) and Takisan Toshogu (Edo Period) - National Cultural properties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Takisan Toshogu Shrine is on the highest site of the east side of Takisanji Temple's Main Hall, and is brilliantly colored in the Toshogu style.
		The magnificence of the shrine and the 50 stone lanterns donated by the lords of Okazaki Castle for generations of the Tokugawa family give evidence of the power and influence of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
		The shrine was reconstructed from 1969 by the Cultural Agency, and restoration (both of the Toshogu shrine and the much older Kamakura era Takasanji temple main hall) continues.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/aichi/takisanji.html (1122 words)

	Japan Atlas: Nikko Toshogu Shrine (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nikko Toshogu was built as a shrine and mausoleum to deify Ieyasu Tokugawa (1543-1616), founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868).
		The main hall of Toshogu was first built in 1617, but 20 years later it underwent a major renovation which bequeathed the splendid group of buildings that remains today.
		Nikko Toshogu is famous for the ornate carving that splendidly decorates the entire buildings both inside and outside and from end to end.
	web-jpn.org.cob-web.org:8888 /atlas/architecture/arc05.html (404 words)

	Nikko Guide - Japan Reference
		Taiyuin-byo is a smaller replica of the Toshogu and also combines extravagantly Shinto, Buddhist and Chinese elements.
		It is said to exceed the Toshogu aesthetically.
		One is near Nikko's Toshogu, another one shrine sits on the shore of lake Chuzenji and the innermost shrine is at the top of Mount Nantai-san.
	www.jref.com /practical/nikko_toshogu.shtml (563 words)

	Station 5 - Discussion
		The sense of the darker image is to celebrate the fact that the rays of the sun penetrate even the darkest corners and to establish the contrast between light and dark.
		The poem expresses gratitude for the benevolence of this light which is not just a natural phenomenon, but also expresses the light of the authority of the Toshogu Shrine, and by extension, the benevolence of the Tokugawa family rule.
		We know that Basho and Sora visited the Toshogu Shrine on the First Day of the Fourth Month which marks the first day of summer, so in a sense they are right at the transition point between spring and summer, so both season words work.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/5-nikko/discussion.html (2384 words)

	Nikko
		Image:Gate-nikko-japan.jpgThe lavishly decorated Yomeimon Gate of Toshogu Shrine Image:Carving-nikko-japan.jpgCarving of the god of thunder in the Nitenmon Gate of Taiyuin-byo Shrine'' Image:Monkeys-nikko-japan.jpgThe famous 17th century carving of the Three wise monkeys at the Nikko Toshogu shrine.
		Nikko Toshogu (日光東照宮: Nikkō Tōshōgū) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa line of shoguns in Japan.
		Famous buildings at the Toshogu include the Yomei-mon, a gate that is also known as "higurashi-no-mon." The meaning of the latter name is that one could look at it until sundown, and not tire of seeing it.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/59/nikko.html (1028 words)

	Magnificent Nikko
		His ashes were laid to rest in the Toshogu Shrine, which was intentionally built with excess size, cost and ornamentation to sanctify the authority of the newly founded Tokugawa Shongunate.
		Today the Toshogu Shrine, infused with the spirit of Ieyasu, is the centerpiece of a 500,000 square-meter area that is comprised of more than 100 old structures.
		Nearly every surface of the ornate Toshogu Shrine is intricately decorated, and much of it is covered with 2.5 million sheets of gold leaf.
	www.japantraveler.com /JT-99.11/Nikko.htm (1928 words)

	Old Tokyo - Toshogu Shrine
		In the southwestern corner of Ueno Park, near Shinobazu Pond, sits Toshogu Kyu (capital illumination government shrine), dedicated to the first Tokugawa Shogun (general), Tokugawa Ieyasu.
		Built in 1627 in accordance with the Ieyasu's dying wish, Toshogu Shrine has survived far longer than did the autocratic Tokugawa regime and Ieyasu's progeny.
		Neither regal or glamourous, the shrine has survived the Battle of Ueno in 1868 (the last stand of the Tokugawa shogunate), the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, and the wartime firebombing of Tokyo in 1945, and survives today as a vital, and visible, link between feudal Edo and modern Tokyo.
	www.oldtokyo.com /toshogu.html (271 words)

	Nikko Toshogu (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Torii and pagoda at entrance to Toshogu Nikko Toshogu (&26085;&20809;&26481;&29031;&23470;: Nikk&333; T&333;sh&333;g&363;) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa line of shoguns in Japan.
		This Toshogu is located in the city of Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture in the northern part of the Kanto region on the island of Honshu.
		The wise monkeys hear, speak, and see no evil Famous buildings at the Toshogu include the Yomei-mon, a gate that is also known as "higurashi-no-mon." The meaning of the latter name is that one could look at it until sundown, and not tire of seeing it.
	nikko-toshogu.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (384 words)

	Old Tokyo - Ueno Park
		To the right, various museums, galleries and schools were built among the cherry trees.
		Toshogu shrine is dedicated to the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, Ieyasu, and was used by several generations of the Tokugawas as their family shrine.
		Of the seven Tokugawa shogun who ruled Japan between 1567 and 1867, only one -- the last Shogun -- is not buried on the grounds of Toshogu.
	www.oldtokyo.com /uenopark.html (543 words)

	Never Say You're Content Until You've Seen Nikko
		It enjoys a world-wide reputation for harmonizing human artistry with nature because of such architectural wonders as the Toshogu Shrine, Rinnoji Temple and Futarasan Shrine, placed in a natural setting of rivers and lakes.
		The Toshogu Shrine of the deified shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu stands near the Buddhist Rinnoji Temple, established in 766 by the priest Shodo.
		When his remains were moved to the shrine in 1616 from their temporary burial place in Shizuoka by his son Hidetada, the shrine was not as gorgeous and elaborate as it is today.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/japan_retired/8427 (459 words)

	Vitalsecurity.org - A Revolution is the Solution
		Toshogu is the legendary resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan for over 250 years.
		Toshogu was a freedom of information network based in China, with people like me helping out when we could.
		The site also gets used as a feed for some Chinese language websites, so with any luck my next proudest moment will be when I start getting blocked on their search engines.
	www.vitalsecurity.org /2005/05/last-son-of-toshogu.html (617 words)

	Toshogu Shrine - Nikko, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Toshogu Shrine is the main attraction of Nikko.
		Unlike most Shinto shrines, characterized by minimalist architecture that blends into its surroundings, Toshogu is a riot of color, gold, and carvings, with birds and flowers, dancing maidens, and sages following one another around the buildings.
		One of the most famous elements of Toshogu is the Sacred Stable, where a white imperial horse is kept (a gift of New Zealand).
	www.sacred-destinations.com /japan/nikko-toshogu.htm (518 words)

	Toshogu Shrine \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Tokyo \| Frommers.com
		Come here to pay respects to the man who made Edo (present-day Tokyo) the seat of his government and thus elevated the small village to the most important city in the country.
		The only shrine in Tokyo that's been designated a National Treasure, Toshogu Shrine was erected in 1651 and is dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.
		Like Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, it was built by Ieyasu's grandson, Iemitsu, and boasts some of the same richly carved, ornate design favored by the Tokugawas.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/tokyo/A23463.html (279 words)

	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire . Historians \| PBS
		He is a priest and director of educational affairs at Nikko Toshogu Shrine.
		He has extensively studied the structures and artifacts of Toshogu Shrine and released various new discoveries and interpretations.
		He is the author of Mysteries and Wonders: Rediscovering Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Sculptures at Toshogu Shrine, and Ieyasu and Toshogu Shrines in Japan.
	www.pbs.org /empires/japan/resources_5.html (898 words)

	Temples, Shrines and Glitter in Japan - Toshogu Shrine, Nikko - Worldisround photo
		Sightseeing in Japan picture - Toshogu Shrine, located in the town of Nikko located a few hours north of Tokyo, and a trip well worth taking.
		The Toshogu Shrine, built around the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of the most important figures in Japanese history, is very famous for its colorful and sumptuously decorated buildings and is the site of some truly magnificent wood carvings.
		Toshogu Shrine, located in the town of Nikko located a few hours north of Tokyo, and a trip well worth taking.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/5039/photo10.html (157 words)

	NIKKO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It enjoys a worldwide reputation for harmonizing human artistry with nature because of such architectural wonders as the Toshogu Shrine, Rinnoji Temple and Futarasan Shrine, set in a grand natural setting of rivers and lakes.
		陽明門), the gate to the main shrine building of Toshogu is the most famous structure of the shrine.
		It resembles Toshogu in the style and arrangement of the building, but on a smaller and simpler scale.
	www.cfay.navy.mil /fscyoko/maps/nikko.htm (1146 words)

	Japanese Shrines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Most of the exquisitely beautiful buildings were created by some of Japan’s greatest 17th Century artists.
		The Toshogu Shrine was built in 1617 as the mausoleum of Ieyasu Tokugawa.
		The Toshogu Shrine represented the climax of Japanese shrine architecture.
	www.digital-images.net /Gallery/Japan/Shrines/body_shrines.html (156 words)

	Japan Journal
		Nikko / Toshogu is supposed to be the most photographed place in Japan.
		A shot to the right of the main entrance of the Toshogu shrine.
		A somewhat center and to the left of the main shrine.
	www.yesicanusechopsticks.com /nikko/index2.htm (319 words)

	The Treasuries
		Pictured to the left are two of the Treasuries in the Toshogu complex.
		These buildings are built in the style of traditional storehouses, much like a log cabin.
		The buildings contain such treasures as historical costumes for the annual festival which Toshogu is so famous for.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/ealac/V3613/nikko/html/the_treasuries.html (104 words)

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