Example sentences for: toshogu

How can you use “toshogu” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A short bus ride from the station plaza brings you to the red-lacquer Shinkyo (“Sacred Bridge”), a 28-m (92-ft) span over the Daiya River, where your exploration of Toshogu begins.

  • Iemitsu, who was Ieyasu’s grandson and the third Tokugawa shogun (1603–1651), undertook the building of Toshogu.

  • From here, a flight of stone steps leads to the first gate of Toshogu: the Omotemon, guarded by two fierce red-painted Deva kings.

  • The main hall, called the Sanbutsudo, with its almost erotic color scheme of black and green and vermilion, dates to 1648 and is the largest single building at Toshogu.

  • Toshogu, the mausoleum complex that he commanded for himself in his apotheosis, is extraordinary.


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