where is tokugawa ieyasu buried
Ieyasu was originally buried at Sunpu Castle, and enshrined as a Shinto deity, Tosho TÃ´shÃ´, daigongen at a shrine established nearby and Called Kunozan. KunÃ´zan Toshogu, TÃ´shÃ´gÃ»'tokugawa iemitsu, ieyasu s grandson later established in 1636 A (shrine in nikko nikkÃ´ To). the north of edo
He wished to be buried at the top of Mount Kuno, and therefore as per his wishes he was buried at the mountaintop after his death in 1616. In 1617, Tokugawa Hidetada, second Shogun and son of Ieyasu, built Kunozan Toshogu Shrine as a memorial shrine for Ieyasu at the site of Kuno Castle.