A representative shrine of Mito enshrining the 2nd Mito domain lord Tokugawa Mitsukuni and 9th lord Tokugawa Nariaki.
Adjacent to Kairakuen, one of Japan's three great gardens, it bustles with tourists during plum blossom season.
Mitsukuni (Mito Komon) is nationally known as the wise lord who commissioned the compilation of the Dai Nihon Shi (History of Japan).
Nariaki founded Kodokan and greatly …
Founded in 1873 to honor the achievements of the Mito domain by enshrining Tokugawa Mitsukuni and Tokugawa Nariaki.
Mitsukuni is known as the wise lord who initiated the compilation of the Dai Nihon Shi, laying the foundations of Mito Studies.
Nariaki reformed domain administration in the Tenpo Refo…
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