Tainan Shrine

Tainan Jinja 台南神社
Affiliation	shinto
Deity	Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
Year consecrated	1920

Tainan Shrine (Japanese: 台南神社, romanized: tainan jinja) , was a Shinto shrine built by the Empire of Japan in Taiwan. It was associated with imperialism and State Shinto rather than local belief in Shintoism.[1]^: 30 The shrine was founded in 1920 and expanded in 1925. Its main deity was Prince Kitashirakawa.[1]^: 38,[2] who died of malaria during the Japanese invasion of Taiwan.[2] He was enshrined in many shrines across Taiwan, including the Taiwan Grand Shrine.[3]

During that time, the government forced people to visit shrines instead of visiting them voluntarily.[1]^: 38. The Tainan Shrine organized an elaborate festival every January.[2]

References

Nakajima, Michio (2010). "Shinto Deities that Crossed the Sea: Japan's "Overseas Shrines," 1868 to 1945". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 37 (1): 21–46. ISSN 0304-1042. JSTOR 27822898.
Operations, United States Office of the Chief of Naval (1944). Taiwan (Formosa).: Tainan Province. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department.
Han Cheung (26 May 2019). "Taiwan in Time: The prince who became a god". Taipei Times.

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[:0-1] Nakajima, Michio (2010). "Shinto Deities that Crossed the Sea: Japan's "Overseas Shrines," 1868 to 1945". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 37 (1): 21–46. ISSN 0304-1042. JSTOR 27822898.

[:1-2] Operations, United States Office of the Chief of Naval (1944). Taiwan (Formosa).: Tainan Province. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department.

[:2-3] Han Cheung (26 May 2019). "Taiwan in Time: The prince who became a god". Taipei Times.