Toyokuni Shrine (Kanazawa)
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.
| Toyokuni Shrine 豊国神社 | |
|---|---|
 Toyokuni Shrine | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Maeda Toshitsune |
| Type | Village shrine |
| Location | |
| Location | Higashi-Mikage-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan |
  Shown within Japan | |
| Geographic coordinates | 36°34′11″N 136°40′25″E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Maeda Toshitsune |
| Date established | 1616 |
| Glossary of Shinto | |
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
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.