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Shōin_shrine Latitude and Longitude:

35°38′50.04″N 139°39′21.92″E / 35.6472333°N 139.6560889°E / 35.6472333; 139.6560889
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Shōin Shrine
松陰神社
Torii of Shōin Jinja, 2023
Religion
Affiliation Shinto
Deity Yoshida Shōin
Leadership154-0023 東京都世田谷区若林4-35-1
Location
Location4-35-1 Wakabayashi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-0023
Shōin shrine is located in Japan
Shōin shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates 35°38′50.04″N 139°39′21.92″E / 35.6472333°N 139.6560889°E / 35.6472333; 139.6560889
Architecture
Date established1882
Website
eng.shoinjinja.org
Glossary of Shinto

Shōin Shrine (松陰神社, Shōin Jinja), located in Setagaya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirit of Yoshida Shōin, an activist during the Edo era.

History

Shoin was executed by the Shogunate in prison in Tenmacho, Edo in 1859, his body was reburied in Wakabayashi by his followers in 1863. The shrine was erected in 1882, and the current main shrine building was built in 1927. [1]

Shrine complex

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See also

References

  1. ^ Shoin Jinja - History Retrieved December 3, 2015

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