A Toshogu shrine enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, built at the place of origin of the Tokugawa clan. The third Shogun Iemitsu relocated the old shrine buildings during the major renovation of Nikko Toshogu and established it here in 1644. The shrine's founding stems from the Tokugawa claiming descent from the Nitta clan, and this land being associated with Ieyasu's distant ancestor Tokugawa Yoshisue. T…

The area of Serada in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, is traditionally regarded as the place of origin of the Tokugawa clan, associated with Tokugawa Yoshisue, said to be a distant ancestor of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Before the Edo period, this region flourished as the heart of Nitta Manor, and the adjacent Ch…