According to Ieyasu's will, his body was buried in Mt. Kuno in the southeast of Sunpu (present Tosho-gu Shrine on Mt. Kuno) initially, but after the first anniversary of his death, was re-buried in Tosho-sha Shrine in Nikko City due north of Edo-jo Castle.
家康の遺言により、始めは駿府の南東の久能山（現久能山東照宮）に葬られ、一周忌を経て江戸城の真北に在る日光市の東照社に改葬された。