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Oyama Shrine (尾山神社
Oyama-jinja) is located in
Kanazawa,
Ishikawa Prefecture, just west of
Kanazawa Castle Park. It commemorated Maeda Toshiie (前田 利家, 1538-1599), the first
daimyō of Kaga Domain and was constructed in 1599 by his successor, Maeda Toshinaga, at Utatsuyama (卯辰山). For that reason, it was formerly known as Utatsu Hachimangu Shrine. In 1873, it was moved to its current location, the site of a former Maeda family residence, and renamed Oyama Shrine. The surrounding Japanese garden was designed by Kobori Enshū (小堀遠州, 1579-1647), a famous aristocrat and horticulturist, and is now part of the shrine compound.
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In 1875, the Dutch architect H. Holtmann...