Draft:Niigata Gokoku Shrine

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

Niigata Gokoku Shrine [ja] is a Shinto shrine located in Niigata, Japan.[1][2] It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.[3] It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead.[a] 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.[4]

New years[5]

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  1. ^ Is this WP:BLUE considering that the shrine is literally named as such?

References edit

  1. ^ Association, Niigata Prefectural Tourism. "Niigata Gokoku Shrine". Enjoy Niigata. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  2. ^ Shimbun, The Yomiuri (2022-12-18). "Omikuji tossed for New Year's luck". japannews.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. ISSN 0021-969X.
  5. ^ Shimbun, The Yomiuri (2022-12-18). "Omikuji tossed for New Year's luck". japannews.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-26.