Gokoku Shrines

Gokoko shrines are Japanese shinto shrines made to for people who died in wars. They are considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They used to be called Shokonsha but the name was changed in 1939.[1]

List of Gokoku Shrines

name location Beppyo notes
Yasukuni Shrine Tokyo no Traditional head shrine
Miyagi Gokoku Shrine Sendai, Miyagi yes
Akita Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Akita (city) yes
Yamagata Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Yamagata yes
Fukushima Gokoku Shrine Fukushima (city) yes
Ibaraki Prefectural Gokoku Shrine Mito, Ibaraki yes
Gunma Gokoku Shrine Takasaki yes
Chiba Gokoku Shrine Chiba (city) Chūō-ku, Chiba yes
Niigata Gokoku Shrine Niigata (city) Chūō-ku, Niigata yes
Toyama Gokoku Shrine Toyama (city) yes
Ishikawa Gokoku Shrine Kanazawa yes
Fukui Gokoku Shrine Fukui (city) yes
Yamanashi Gokoku Shrine Kōfu yes
Nagano Gokoku Shrine Matsumoto, Nagano yes
Gifu Gokoku Shrine Gifu yes
Shizuokaken Gokoku Shrine Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City yes
Aichi Gokoku Shrine Naka-ku, Nagoya yes
Mie Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Tsu, Mie yes
Shiga Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Hikone, Shiga yes
Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture yes
Osaka Gokoku Shrine Suminoe-ku, Osaka yes
Hyogo Himeji Gokoku Shrine Himeji yes
Hyogo Prefecture Kobe Gokoku Shrine Nada-ku, Kobe yes
Nara Gokoku Shrine Nara (city) yes
Matsue Gokoku Shrine Matsue yes
Hamada Gokoku Shrine Hamada, Shimane yes
Okayama Gokoku Shrine Naka-ku, Okayama yes
Bingo Gokoku Shrine Fukuyama, Hiroshima yes
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine Naka-ku, Hiroshima yes
Yamaguchi Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Yamaguchi (city) yes
Tokushima Gokoku Shrine Tokushima (city) yes
Ehime Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Matsuyama yes
Kochi Gokoku Shrine Kōchi (city) yes
Fukuoka Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Chūō-ku, Fukuoka yes
Saga Gokoku Shrine Saga (city) yes
Nagasaki Gokoku Shrine Nagasaki yes
Oita Gokoku Shrine Ōita (city) yes
Kagoshima Prefecture Gokoku Shrine Kagoshima yes
Miyazaki Gokoku Shrine Miyazaki (city) yes Not a proper Gokoku Shrine but listed as equivalent due to having been finished after the war
Kumamoto Gokoku Shrine Kumamoto yes Not a proper Gokoku Shrine but listed as equivalent due to having been finished after the war
Okinawa Gokoku Shrine Okinawa no
Hida Gokoku Shrine Takayama, Gifu Prefecture no
Aomori Gokoku Shrine Aomori no
Wakayama Gokoku Shrine Wakayama (city) no
Meguro Gokoku Shrine Meguro no
Iki Gokoku Shrine Iki, Nagasaki no
Kagawa Gokoku Shrine Zentsūji, Kagawa no
Kawanami Gokoku Shrine Kawaminami, Miyazaki no
Saitama Gokoku Shrine Saitama (city) no
Sapporo Gokoku Shrine Sapporo no
Tanao Gokoku Shrine Hekinan no
Tochigi Gokoku Shrine Tochigi (city) no
Nōhi Gokoku Shrine Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture no
Hakodate Gokoku Shrine Hakodate no
Matsumae Gokoku Shrine Matsumae, Hokkaido no
Taiwan Gokoku Shrine Taiwan no

References

  1. TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. ISSN 0021-969X.
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