User:Immanuelle/Iki Gokoku Shrine

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Iki Gokoku Shrine
壱岐護国神社
Honden [en]
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityEmperor Kameyama[1] ,

Emperor Go-Uda [en][1] ,

Shōni Suketoki [ja][1]
TypeGokoku shrine [en]
(Formerly Shokonsha [en])
Year consecrated1898
Location
Immanuelle/Iki Gokoku Shrine is located in Japan
Immanuelle/Iki Gokoku Shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates33°48′39.9″N 129°45′45.5″E / 33.811083°N 129.762639°E / 33.811083; 129.762639
Glossary of Shinto

Iki Gokoku Shrine [ja; simple; en:draft] (壱岐護国神社, Iki Gokoku Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Iki Province Japan.[2][3] It is also called Iki Shrine.[2] It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead. Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shōkonsha in 1939.[4] However it also worships other deities than war dead, hence sometimes being called just Iki Shrine.[2]

Although some of the deities of each shrine overlap with those of Yasukuni Shrine,[a] the deities of each shrine are not separated from Yasukuni Shrine, and they perform their own rituals by inviting the souls of their own deities. However there are some exceptions, such as Hida Gokoku Shrine [en] in Gifu Prefecture and Iki Gokoku Shrine [ja; simple; en:draft] in Nagasaki Prefecture.

It was rennovated in 2005.[1]

History[change | change source]

Shōni Suketoki [ja; simple] was a war hero against the mongols[1]. He died in 1281.[3]

The stone mound called "Shounii-sama" (ショウニイさま) was recognized in 1898 (the 31st year of the Meiji era) as the grave of Shōni Suketoki [ja; simple], embodying the faith of local people who have passed down and protected it for over 600 years.[3]

1944: Construction of the main hall

1948: Enshrinement festival for the deities

1952: Iki Gokoku Shrine Festival

1955: A man was enshrined who died in the war from illness.[1]

1956: On November 8, a portion of the spirits of those from Iki County who died in war or from illness were enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine. Approval was granted to also call it Iki Gokoku Shrine.

Main Festivals[change | change source]

January 1: New Year's Festival

February 11: National Foundation Day Festival

April 12: Eve of the Grand Festival

April 13: Grand Festival

Third Sunday of April: Regular Grand Festival, Offering Ceremony, Tomb Festival

May 27: Navy Memorial Service

August 15: End of War Memorial Festival

December 31: New Year's Eve Festival

See Also[change | change source]

Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Yasukuni Shrine also enshrines the war dead as Heroic Spirits and was renamed from Tokyo Shokonsha, but includes Empire of Japan, citizens, Koreans [en], Taiwanese, etc. The difference is that people from anywhere are eligible to be enshrined.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "壱岐神社". www.ikiweb.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Iki City Tourism Federation Website". Iki City Tourism Federation Website. Retrieved 2024-03-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |text= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "【壱岐神社】アクセス・営業時間・料金情報 - じゃらんnet". www.jalan.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  4. ↑ 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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