Toshogu Chozuya (Important tangible cultural property designated by the city)

The Chozuya is a place where worshippers wash their hands and rinse their mouths to purify themselves. The Chozuya at Toshogu Shrine is a building with open roofs on all four sides, with the ridgepole of the roof supported by a wooden toad-shaped bracket. The design, such as a rabbit on waves drawn in the circle in the center of the bracket, is a style inherited from the Muromachi period. However, the carvings on the horizontal beams (rainbow beams) that support the roof, the decorations on their tips, and the straight rafters show characteristics of the Edo period. The Chozuya basin in the center of the Chozuya is engraved with the words "1648 (first year of Keian)," so it is believed to have been there since Toshogu Shrine was first built. Date of designation: September 22, 1975. Overview: 3.323m long, 2.690m deep, gabled, with real tile roof.