A shrine inside Osaka Castle Park dedicated to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warlord who built the original Osaka Castle in 1583 and unified Japan after centuries of civil war. The shrine was established in the Meiji period, when the new government sought to rehabilitate Hideyoshi's legacy for nationalist purposes. The bronze statue of Hideyoshi near the castle keep is associated with the shrine.
Hideyoshi is a more complicated figure in Osaka's popular history than the official shrine narrative suggests: he was a peasant's son who rose to become the country's ruler through ruthlessness and strategic genius, ordered the invasion of Korea twice (causing immense destruction), and had his own advisor killed for writing a poem he found impertinent. The castle museum has the most balanced account of his career. The shrine itself is small and quiet, largely passed over by visitors focused on the castle.