Yamagata Gokoku Shrine
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| Yamagata Gokoku Shrine | |
|---|---|
護国神社 | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Type | Gokoku shrine (Formerly Shokonsha) |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
Yamagata 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. 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[edit]
The shrine has the largest Hatsumōde festival of Yamagata Prefecture with 130,000 people attending. Second most is Chōkai gassan ryōsho-gu
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
References[edit]
- ↑ Yassan (2021-11-29). "Tiger in Yamagata prefecture Gokoku shrine, Yamagata City 25km". GPS Art .info. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ 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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