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Shogun Ieyasu's Mausoleum at Tokugawa Clan Mausoleum, built in 1643, in Koyasan (Mt Koya), Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Shogun Ieyasu's Mausoleum at Tokugawa Clan Mausoleum, built at Koyasan in 1643 by Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun, in order to be close to Kobo Daishi's mausoleum, in Koyasan (Mt Koya), Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu island, Japan. The two buildings of Tokugawa Clan Mausoleum (Tokugawa-ke Reidai) enshrine the spirit of Iemitsu's grandfather Ieyasu (on right) and father Hidetada (on left), the first two Tokugawa Clan shogun — but neither are actually buried here. Tokugawa Hidetada's ashes were ceremoniously laid to rest in the Taitoku-in Mausoleum in Edo (now Tokyo), but damaged in WWII. The remains of the first shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, were first buried at Kunōzan Tōshō-gū in Shizuoka Prefecture, then thought to be reburied at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, a mausoleum enlarged magnificently by Ieyasu's grandson. After Ieyasu was posthumously deified as Tōshō Daigongen, the Tōshō-gū shrines honoring his spirit reached 500 in number but diminished to less than 130 after Japan's Meiji Restoration. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) unified a warring Japan and founded the Tokugawa Shogunate, which ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Sakoku ("chained country") describes the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate, under which during the Edo period (1603 to 1868), relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited. Koyasan is the center of Shingon Buddhism, introduced to Japan in 805 AD by Kobo Daishi (aka Kukai). Koyasan is 3 hours south of Osaka on the Kii Peninsula.

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Shogun Ieyasu's Mausoleum at Tokugawa Clan Mausoleum, built at Koyasan in 1643 by Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun, in order to be close to Kobo Daishi's mausoleum, in Koyasan (Mt Koya), Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu island, Japan. The two buildings of Tokugawa Clan Mausoleum (Tokugawa-ke Reidai) enshrine the spirit of Iemitsu's grandfather Ieyasu (on right) and father Hidetada (on left), the first two Tokugawa Clan shogun — but neither are actually buried here. Tokugawa Hidetada's ashes were ceremoniously laid to rest in the Taitoku-in Mausoleum in Edo (now Tokyo), but damaged in WWII. The remains of the first shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, were first buried at Kunōzan Tōshō-gū in Shizuoka Prefecture, then thought to be reburied at Nikkō Tōshō-gū, a mausoleum enlarged magnificently by Ieyasu's grandson. After Ieyasu was posthumously deified as Tōshō Daigongen, the Tōshō-gū shrines honoring his spirit reached 500 in number but diminished to less than 130 after Japan's Meiji Restoration. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) unified a warring Japan and founded the Tokugawa Shogunate, which ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Sakoku ("chained country") describes the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate, under which during the Edo period (1603 to 1868), relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited. Koyasan is the center of Shingon Buddhism, introduced to Japan in 805 AD by Kobo Daishi (aka Kukai). Koyasan is 3 hours south of Osaka on the Kii Peninsula.
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