Founded 1882 Dedicated to Shimazu Nariakira | Website www.terukunijinja.jp | |
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Address Japan, 〒892-0841 Kagoshima Prefecture, Kagoshima, Terukunicho, 19−35 Similar Kagoshima Castle, Reimeikan - Kagoshima Prefectur, Museum of the Meiji Restoration, Mount Shiroyama, Sakurajima | ||
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Terukuni jinja (照国神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. This shrine is considered to be a dwelling place for the kami of Shimazu Nariakira, whose posthumous name is Terukuni Daimyōjin (照国大明神).
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History
The shrine was founded in Kyushu in 1882 during the Meiji period.
This class of shrine (Bekkaku Kanpeisha) was established in 1872 (Meiji 5) for the veneration of those kami who were, during life, ordinary subjects of the Emperor. Only a very small number of shrines designated as such.
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Terukuni jinja Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA