One of the four great Toshogu shrines in Japan, located in Senba, Kawagoe. Tokugawa Ieyasu's funeral cortege rested here for four days as the monk Tenkai presided over ceremonies. The current magnificent gongen-zukuri hall was built by Shogun Iemitsu in 1633 and is a National Important Cultural Property. Located adjacent to Kitain, the two sites form Kawagoe's historical core.

The origins of Senba Toshogu date to 1617, when the funeral cortege of Tokugawa Ieyasu rested at the Senba Hiyoshi Sanno Shrine—now within the precincts of Kitain—for four days on its journey from Kunozan to Nikko. The monk Tenkai presided over the funerary rites, and it is from this occasion that a…