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Yamagata Gokoku Shrine
護国神社
Religion
Affiliation Shinto
Type Gokoku shrine
(Formerly Shokonsha)
Glossary of Shinto

Yamagata Gokoku Shrine [ ja] is a Shinto shrine located in Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It was founded in 1868, and is located in Yamagata Prefecture. [1] 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. [2]

New years festival

The shrine has the largest Hatsumōde festival of Yamagata Prefecture with 130,000 people attending. Second most is Chōkai gassan ryōsho-gu [ simple; ja; draft]

See Also

References

  1. ^ Yassan (2021-11-29). "Tiger in Yamagata prefecture Gokoku shrine, Yamagata City 25km". GPS Art .info. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  2. ^ TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. doi: 10.1093/jcs/32.3.527. ISSN  0021-969X. JSTOR  23917081.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yamagata Gokoku Shrine
護国神社
Religion
Affiliation Shinto
Type Gokoku shrine
(Formerly Shokonsha)
Glossary of Shinto

Yamagata Gokoku Shrine [ ja] is a Shinto shrine located in Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It was founded in 1868, and is located in Yamagata Prefecture. [1] 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. [2]

New years festival

The shrine has the largest Hatsumōde festival of Yamagata Prefecture with 130,000 people attending. Second most is Chōkai gassan ryōsho-gu [ simple; ja; draft]

See Also

References

  1. ^ Yassan (2021-11-29). "Tiger in Yamagata prefecture Gokoku shrine, Yamagata City 25km". GPS Art .info. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  2. ^ TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. doi: 10.1093/jcs/32.3.527. ISSN  0021-969X. JSTOR  23917081.

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