Tokugawa Nariaki
In 1875, under the State Shinto system of shrine ranking, the Mito Tōshōgū was officially designated as a "prefectural shrine". The spirit of Tokugawa Nariaki was added in 1936. The "Honden" of the shrine, which had been designated as an Important Cultural Property since 1917 was destroyed by American bombing in World War II. The "Honden" was rebuilt in 1962.