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Takisan Tōshō-gū
滝山東照宮
Takisan Tōshō-gū; 滝山東照宮
	Haiden of Takisan Tōshō-gū
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Tokugawa Ieyasu
Type	Tōshō-gū
Location
Location	Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
	Shown within Aichi Prefecture Takisan Tōshō-gū (Japan)
Geographic coordinates	34°59′18″N 137°12′22″E / 34.9884°N 137.2060°E
Architecture
Founder	Tokugawa Iemitsu
Date established	1646
Website
	Official website
	Glossary of Shinto

Takisan Tōshō-gū (滝山東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

History

In 1644, Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu ordered the construction of a shrine to his deified grandfather, Tokugawa Ieyasu, near the location of his birthplace at Okazaki Castle. Sakai Tadakatsu and Matsudaira Masatsuna were assigned the task, which was completed on September 17, 1646. In 1917, it was merged with a nearby Hakusan and a Hiyoshi Jinja and was renamed "Tokiwa Jinja" (常磐神社). It received the rank of a village shrine (村社) under the State Shinto system's Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines.

In 1953, the Honden,^[1] Heiden,^[2] Torii,^[3] Middle Gate ^[4] and Ablution font of the shrine were designed Important Cultural Properties. The shrine also possesses two tachi Japanese swords which are designated as Important Cultural Properties. One was a donation by Tokugawa Iemitsu and the other by Tokugawa Ietsuna.