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The Ainoma is located in between Honden main
hall and Haiden oratory. This special room was made for the Shogun.
It is imaginable that successive Tokugawa Shogun was looking at
the rite there. The successive Shogun visited Taiyuin Mausoleum
on the Memorial Day of Iemitsu's death.
You will
find the Honden soon after you step inside. The brightness of the
Honden will impress you, but there are many worth seeing sights.
Please do not just walk through, but look at everything slowly and
carefully.
Phoenix is
painted on the latticed ceiling. The phoenix is treated as a lucky
spiritual bird. Also, two flying dragons are painted on the border
of the Honden. One dragon is going up to the sky, and another is
coming down to the ground.
Remarkably,
Sangusoku (Three goods) is put in the Ainoma. The Sangusoku includes
incense burner, and these goods were dedicated by Toshitsune Maeda,
who governed Kaga (Former Ishikawa prefecture).
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