Tsushima Shrine Main Hall

A Main Hall Given by the Lord of Kiyosu

The Tsushima Shrine Main Hall (津島神社本殿) is a main hall said to have been given by Matsudaira Tadayoshi of 1605 in Shinmeicho, Tsushima City, Aichi Prefecture, and was designated an Important Cultural Property on April 15, 1920 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall with a cypress-bark roof, designated together with six ridge tags; designation number 00737.

The 1920 date in the Agency record is that of its designation under the former law.

A Hall Given by Matsudaira Tadayoshi

According to the Aichi Prefecture tourism site, Tsushima Shrine is said to have been founded in 540; revered as a Tenno shrine alongside Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, it is the head of more than 3,000 Tsushima shrines across Japan. The Owari Tsushima Tenno Festival, one of Japan's three great river festivals, is held on the fourth Saturday of July and the following day.

The Aichi site says the main hall was given by Matsudaira Tadayoshi, fourth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu and lord of Kiyosu Castle. The Agency record dates it to 1605: a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall with a cypress-bark roof, designated with six ridge tags.

Why It Is an Important Cultural Property

The Agency record has no commentary; the date of 1605 and its three-bay nagare-zukuri form set out what was designated.

What to Look For

Look for the three-bay nagare-zukuri hall under its cypress-bark roof (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Tsushima Shrine (Agency for Cultural Affairs). According to the Aichi Prefecture tourism site, prayers are received from 9:00 to 16:00; it is 17 minutes on foot from Meitetsu Tsushima Station or 15 minutes by car from Yatomi IC on the Higashi-Meihan Expressway, with parking for 60 cars to the south and 40 to the east; tel. 0567-26-3216. The main hall and the two-storey gate are introduced together on the Tsushima Shrine page.