Terumo Shrine
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Terumo Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Fukuoka City. It is located in Nishi Park in the Chūō-ku, Fukuoka ward of the city.
Summary
Terumo Shrine was classified as a Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines prefectural shrine but is now classified as a Beppyo shrine by the Association of Shinto Shrines. It enshrines Kuroda Yoshitaka, the founder of the historical Fukuoka Domain, and his son, Kuroda Nagamasa, the first daimyo of the domain. The name was derived from the second characters of the posthumous Buddhist names of those enshrined; 光 (light) from Yoshitaka, and 雲 (cloud) from Nagamasa.
On the grounds, there is a statue of Mori Tomonobu, a feudal retainer of the Fukuoka Domain, and one of the twenty-four Kuroda Horsemen. Below the statue, a folk song based on Mori called ‘Kuroda Bushi’ is engraved. There is also a sculpture of Nagamasa’s favored horned helmet[1]. The ceiling of the front shine is decorated with a painting by Shin Kihara called 謡鶴 (utaidzuru, ‘Singing Cranes’), which makes the call of a crane when an offering is given[2].
In Kakiha Shrine, an auxiliary shrine of Terumo Shrine, Kuroda Shigetaka, Kuroda Mototaka, Kuroda Tadayuki, Kuroda Tsunayuki, Atsuhime (daughter of Kuroda Tsugutaka and fiancée of Daigo Fuyuyoshi), and other related figures are enshrined as kami. The plaque on the front of the shrine bearing its name was designed by Kuroda Nagahisa, the fifteenth head of the Kuroda clan. The road to this shrine, affectionately known as ‘Nishi Park’s Sakura Path’ meets with Japan National Route 556, which passes between 3-chōme and 2-chōme of the Arato district of Fukuoka City[3].
History
In 1766, the sixth daimyō of the Fukuoka domain, Kuroda Tsugutaka, built a hokora in the outer citadel of Fukuoka Castle to worship Nagamasa. Soon afterwards, Yoshitaka was enshrined there as well.
In 1871, the Kuroda family moved to Tokyo after the Abolition of the han system of the feudal domain system and the implementation of the Prefectures of Japan. Interested parties petitioned the eleventh daimyō, Kuroda Nagahiro, to move the shrine from inside the castle to downtown Fukuoka. In 1875, it was classified as a prefectural shrine.
The shrine was moved again to its current location in Nishi Park in 1909. This location once had Aratoyama Tōshōgū, a shrine built by Kuroda Tadayuki. According to records of the Fukuoka Domain, the Aratoyama Tōshōgū had the most magnificent shrine buildings, surpassing the various Tōshōgū (shrines venerating Tokugawa Ieyasu) across Japan.
In 1945, the Bombing of Fukuoka completely destroyed Terumo Shrine. Documents, swords, and other treasures connected to the Kuroda family, and the main shrine building were lost in the resulting fires. In 1966, the shrine was rebuilt with concrete.
References
- ↑ "光雲神社公式ホームページ". 光雲神社. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ↑ "中央区ものしり手帳 第３話 光雲神社のさい銭箱". 福岡市. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ↑ "西公園さくら参道の紹介記事". 西日本新聞. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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