Replica 400-yr-old clock of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Replica 400-yr-old clock of Tokugawa Ieyasu

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Clock craftsman Johan ten Hoeve from London disassembles a 400-year-old clock, a gift from Spanish King Philip III to "shogun" Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1611, at Kunozan Toshogu Shrine in Shizuoka on May 13, 2014, in order to create a replica.

Samurais parade at Nikko Toshogu shrine re-creates 1617 procession

Samurais parade at Nikko Toshogu shrine re-creates 1617 procession

About 1,200 people clad in traditional samurai clothing approach Nikko Toshogu shrine, a mausoleum of feudal leader Tokugawa Ieyasu, on May 18, 2015. The procession is an annual spring event to commemorate the arrival of Ieyasu's remains in Nikko in 1617 from Kunozan, today's Shizuoka city, central Japan. Ieyasu founded the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Samurai procession at Nikko Toshogu shrine re-creates 1617 parade

Samurai procession at Nikko Toshogu shrine re-creates 1617 parade

About 1,200 people clad in traditional samurai clothing approach Nikko Toshogu shrine on May 18, 2015, dedicated to feudal leader Tokugawa Ieyasu in a reenactment of the arrival of Ieyasu's remains in Nikko, northeast of Tokyo, in 1617 from Kunozan, today's Shizuoka city, central Japan. The Shinto shrine was built by Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ieyasu's mended helmet to be unveiled 1 year later

Ieyasu's mended helmet to be unveiled 1 year later

A chief priest of Kunozan Toshogu shrine in the central Japanese city of Shizuoka views on April 22, 2015, a warrior helmet thought to have been worn by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first general of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, when he was a teenager. The shrine started mending the surface of the helmet, aiming to unveil it to the public one year later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Descendants of Tokugawa shogunate founder bow before ancestor's tomb

Descendants of Tokugawa shogunate founder bow before ancestor's tomb

Descendants of feudal tycoon Tokugawa Ieyasu bow before the tomb of the Tokugawa shogunate founder at the Kunozan Toshogu shrine in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, during a Shinto ceremony on April 17, 2015, commemorating the 400th anniversary of his death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Festival marks 400th anniv. of Tokugawa shogunate founder's death

Festival marks 400th anniv. of Tokugawa shogunate founder's death

Descendants of medieval tycoon Tokugawa Ieyasu walk on the approach to the Kunozan Toshogu shrine in the city of Shizuoka, central Japan, during a Shinto ceremony on April 17, 2015, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Tokugawa shogunate founder's death. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo