Hokoku Shrine, located on Itsukushima, is known as a shrine dedicated to Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and its origin and history are closely related to Hideyoshi. Hokoku Shrine was originally established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who wanted to build a temple on Itsukushima to serve as a base of operations during his invasion of Korea (the Japanese Invasion of Korea during the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592). Hideyoshi planned to construct a large scale Daibutsuden (Great Buddha Hall) and built a structure for this purpose near Itsukushima Shrine. This Great Buddha Hall, also known as “Senjo-kaku,” is a spacious building that remains unfinished to this day. After Hideyoshi's death, due to the downfall of the Toyotomi family and the changing times, the Great Buddha Hall was never completed. However, in honor of Hideyoshi's achievements, Hokoku Shrine was established as a shrine dedicated to him as a deity. This shrine was reorganized in the Meiji era (1868-1912) as part of the national promotion of Shintoism, and Hideyoshi was deified as “Hokoku Daimeishin” to officially formalize it as a shrine.