Nagasaki Gokoku Shrine
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Nagasaki Gokoku Shrine is a Gokoku Shrine located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It is dedicated to the spirits of the approximately 60,000 people from Nagasaki Prefecture who died from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War (World War II).
The shrine was founded in 1869 in the Umegasaki district of Nagasaki as the Nagasaki Shokonsha, dedicated to the 43 samurais who died in the Boshin War. In 1874, the Saku Shokon Shrine was established in the Nishi-shima district of Nagasaki to honor the 536 people who died in the Taiwan Expedition. Both shrines merged and became the in 1942, with the shrine buildings being completed in 1944. Then in August 1945, all of the shrine's buildings were destroyed in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Sako Shokon Shrine (Umegasaki Tenno-miya Shrine) was temporarily located at the site of the former Sako Shokon Shrine. It was rebuilt in October 1963. It is designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The shrine's annual festivals are held on April 22 and October 26.
It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead. Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shokonsha in 1939.[3]
History
In 1869, the Umegasaki Shokon Shrine was built in Nagasaki City, Umegasaki, to enshrine 43 vassals who died in the Bunkyū War. In 1874, the Sako Shokon Shrine was built in Nagasaki City, Nishi-shima, to enshrine 536 soldiers who died in the Taiwan Expedition, and since then it has enshrined the war dead. In 1939, under the system reform of the Shokon Shrine, both the Umegasaki and Sako Shokon Shrines became Gokoku Shrines. In March 1942, the two Gokoku Shrines were merged and became the Nagasaki Prefecture Gokoku Shrine, designated by the Minister of the Interior. The shrine hall was built at its current location and completed and relocated in March 1944.
In August 1945, all of the shrine's buildings were destroyed in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Sako Shokon Shrine (Umegasaki Tenno-miya Shrine) was temporarily located at the site of the former Sako Shokon Shrine. It was rebuilt in October 1963.
References
- ↑ "長崎で「護国神社の庭フェス」 徒歩来場者には特典も". 長崎経済新聞. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ "長崎県護国神社 | | ながさきの平和【公式】". ながさきの平和 (in 日本語). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ↑ TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. ISSN 0021-969X.
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