旧東照宮と権現台場跡

キュウトウショウグウトゴンゲンダイバアト

■観光説明板

東照宮は、元治元年（1864年）五稜郭が完成した時、その鬼門（東北）の守護神とするため、日光東照宮から分祀された日高様似（ひだかさまに）の等澍院（とうじゅいん）から東照大権現を分霊して、上山村（現市内神山町）に建てたのが始まりである（以後上山村は神山村と改められた）。
明治元年（1868年）五稜郭を占拠した旧幕府脱走軍は、翌2年五稜郭北面守備のため四稜郭を急造、さらに五稜郭との重要な結節点にあたる東照宮に砲台（権現台場といわれている。）を設けた。しかし、同年この砲台は新政府軍の攻撃を受け、東照宮も社殿を消失した。
東照官は、その後、箱館の大祐庵（てんゆうあん　現在の青柳町天祐寺）などを転々としたが、明治12年（1879年）宝来町に移り、平成3年（1991年）に陣川町に移転して北海道東照宮と改称した。
この大鳥居は、五稜郭や弁天台場の石垣造りを担当した石工の作で、箱館戦争の砲火にも壊されずこの地に残った。

函館市

Remains of Old Thshogu Shrine and Gongen Battery

Toshogu Shrine was originally built at Kamiyama village （now Kamiyama-cho） as the spiritual guardian of the land to the northeast of Goryokaku Fort when it was completed in 1864.At the same time,the meaning of the name “Kamiyama” was altered from “village which is located by the side of the mountain” to “village by the side of the mountain where a god dwells”.The shrine is dedicated to Tosho Daigongen separated from the Tojuin in Samani,Hidaka,which is a branch of Nikko Toshogu Shrine.
In 1868,deserters from the former shogunate’s forces occupied Goryokaku Fort.The next year they hastily built Shiryokaku Fort to defend the area to the north of Goryokaku Fort and also a battery at Toshogu Shrine,which was strategically located between Goryokaku and Shiryokaku Forts.（The battery was called Gongen Daiba.）That same year,however,the battery was attacked by the new government forces and Toshogu Shrine was also burned down.
Toshogu Shrine was moved to Tenyu-an （presently Tenyu-ji Temple in Aoyagi-cho),and thence to Horai-cho in 1879.In 1991,it was finally moved here and its name was changed to Hokkaido Toshogu Shrine.
The large torii,which was built by a stonemason who worked on the stone walls of Goryokaku Fort and Benten Battery,escaped damage during the Hakodate War and has remained here since.

City of Hakodate