Draft:Kochi Gokoku Shrine

Kochi Gokoku Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
TypeGokoku shrine
(Formerly Shokonsha)
Glossary of Shinto

Kochi Gokoku Shrine [ja] is a Shinto shrine located in Kōchi, Kōchi Japan.[1] It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.[2] It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead.[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.[3] It is on a hill.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Kōchi Gokoku Jinja Yokaren Monument". www.kamikazeimages.net. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. ISSN 0021-969X.