Hilo Daijingu
The first Shinto shrine in Hawaii was Hilo Daijingu, built in 1898.[1] It is known that shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese Shintoists in Hawaii held ceremonies in honor of the former commander-in-chief of the Japanese fleet, Tōgō Heihachirō. One of the shrines, built at the beginning of the 20th century, was subordinate to both the Japanese authorities responsible for the shrine system and the American authorities, since it was registered in the state as a non-profit organization. American Shintoists were culturally influenced by their local environment. Thus, the spirits of George Washington and Hawaiian King Kamehameha I entered the local pantheon. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American government closed the shrine, fearing the growth of anti-American sentiment among the Japanese, but after the surrender of Japan in September 1945, the shrine continued its work. The few shrines on the West Coast of the United States were not restored after the war.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Shimizu, Karli (2019). "Religion and Secularism in Overseas Shinto Shrines: A Case Study on Hilo Daijingū, 1898–1941". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 46 (1): 1–30. ISSN 0304-1042. JSTOR 26854498. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04.
- ↑ Hansen, Wilburn (2010). "Examining Prewar Togo Worship in Hawaii Toward Rethinking Hawaiian Shinto as a New Religion in America". Nova Religio. 14 (1): 67–92. doi:10.1525/nr.2010.14.1.67. ISSN 1092-6690.
- ↑ Abe DK, Imamura A (2019). "The destruction of Shinto shrines in Hawaii and the West Coast during World War II: the lingering effects of Pearl Harbor and Japanese-American internment". Asian Anthropology. 18 (4): 266–281. doi:10.1080/1683478X.2019.1592816.
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