Yūshin Ayaoka
1846 ~ 1910Yūshin Ayaoka, born in Edo as Ikeda Fusakichi (also known as Fusakichi or Bōkichi), was the eldest son of the painter Ayaoka Terumatsu (born Ikeda Terumatsu). He studied under Shibata Zeshin, from whom he received the art name Yūshin, and later inherited his father`s artist name, Ayaoka. During the Meiji period, he was active as a painter, calligrapher, designer, and woodblock print artist, specializing in kachō-e (bird-and-flower pictures) and fūkei-ga (landscapes). He also produced decorative designs for crafts and applied arts, following the family tradition. From the First (1877) to the Third (1890) National Industrial Exhibition (Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai), he served as a juror, reflecting the esteem he enjoyed during his lifetime. Although relatively little is known about his life today, his surviving prints include the series Nice Views of Nikkō (Nikkō Shōkei). His works are preserved in major collections, including the British Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
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It is named Tōshōgu any temple built to honor the memory of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate which lasted for almost three centuries (all the length of the Edo period, from1603 to 1868).
Ieyasu is enshrined in any of these Shrines, whose name comes from the title Tōshō Daigongen, "Great manifestation of the Buddha, Light of the East", which was bestowed to Ieyasu to after his death, deifying him.
The most renowned one is he Nikkō Tōshōgu followed by the Ueno Tōshōgu (in the Ueno park of Tōkyō), the Kunōzan Tōshōgu in Shizuoka and the Nagoya Tōshōgu, but it is told that there were almost five hundred Tōshōgu Shrine during
the Edo period, nowadays reduced to 130 of which 48 are recognized by the national Tōshōgu association.
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