Oita Gokoku Shrine
| Oita Gokoku Shrine | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Type | Gokoku shrine (Formerly Shokonsha) |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
Oita Gokoku Shrine 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.[1] It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead.[lower-alpha 1] 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] It was founded in 1875[3]
An old WWII flag taken by an American soldier was returned to it in 2022[4]
A giant arrow was made at it[5]
See Also[edit]
- Controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine
- Hero shrine
- Martial temple and Wen Wu temple
- National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine
- Eternal Spring Shrine
- Chinese Cultural Renaissance
- Ancestral shrine
- Gallant Garden
- Gokoku Shrines
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Valhalla (home to the souls of fallen warriors in Scandinavian mythology)
- Walhalla Shrine (a hall of fame in Germany honoring "commendable and honorable Germans")
- Eternal Spring Shrine
- The common end of myriad good deeds
- Greek hero cult
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "別表神社とは？御朱印めぐりに参考になる「別表神社一覧」とマップ | 開運戦隊ゴシュインジャー". jinja-gosyuin.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
- ↑ TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. ISSN 0021-969X.
- ↑ bebeppu (2020-03-24). "Oita ken Gokoku shrine". ビーベップ. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ↑ "Navy vet's daughter returns Japanese flag taken as war trophy from Battle of Okinawa". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Giant good-luck arrow, rake devoted to shrine in west Japan". Mainichi Daily News. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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