Hodo Shrine in Koga is an early modern shrine enshrining Doi Toshikatsu, the Koga domain lord, as its deity. Doi Toshikatsu held great power as a close aide to Tokugawa Ieyasu and is regarded as the founding lord of the Koga domain. It is one of what are called human-deity shrines, built to honor the lord's virtue and comfort his spirit. Showing the form of religious worship during the domain era …

Hodo Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around 1650 (Kean 3). It enshrines Doi Toshikatsu (1573–1644), lord of the Koga domain, who served three successive Tokugawa shoguns—Ieyasu, Hidetada, and Iemitsu—and led the Edo shogunate's government as the senior rōjū. After Toshikatsu's deat…