Pagoda-shaped shrine of the Empress Tōfukumon’in

Artwork · Anonymous · 17th century · zushi · Sennyū-ji Temple

The personal shrine of Tokugawa Masako (1607–1678), Tokugawa Kazuko, the granddaughter of Ieyasu married to Emperor Go-Mizunoo; with their marriage wealth flooded into the imperial court (Elizabeth Lillehoj). The inscription inside records that she worshipped before it every day and left it to the temple at her death. 1 Mason 2005, pp. 310–311, fig. 360. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.