Nikko Toshogu shrine marks 400th anniv. of founder's death

Female attendants at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, dance dressed as butterflies on May 17, 2015, to mark 400 years since the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan between 1603 and 1867. The shrine was founded by the warlord and enshrines him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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