Chōsen Shrine
Chōsen Jingū (朝鮮神宮) was a Shinto shrine in Korea from 1925 to 1945, during the period of Japanese rule.
Background
After the annexation of Korea in 1910, the Japanese government embarked upon a policy of Japanization. This included worship at Shinto shrines, as much a political expression of patriotism as a religious act.[1][2] From 1925, school pupils were required to attend Shinto shrines, and in 1935 it became compulsory for university students and government employees to attend Shinto ceremonies.[3][4] By 1945, there were a total of 1,140 shrines in Korea associated with State Shinto.[3]
Chōsen Jingū
Chōsen Jingū was erected in 1925 on the peak of Namsan in Seoul and was dedicated to Amaterasu and Emperor Meiji. It was constructed in the shinmei-zukuri style of Ise Jingū.[5][6] Chōsen Jingū was demolished in October 1945, several months after Korea became independent, and in 1970 the 'Patriot An Chung-gun Memorial Hall' was constructed on the site of the former shrine, in honour of An Chung-gun, the assassin of Itō Hirobumi, the first Japanese Resident-General.[2][7]
See also
References
- ^ Sung-Gun Kim (1997). "The Shinto Shrine Issue in Korean Christianity under Japanese Colonialism". Journal of Church and State. 39: 503.
- ^ a b Wakabayashi, Ippei. "Ahn Jung-geun and the Cultural Public Sphere" (PDF). Bunkyo University. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ a b Grayson, James H. (1993). "Christianity and State Shinto in Colonial Korea: A Clash of Nationalisms and Religious Beliefs". Diskus. 1 (2). British Association for the Study of Religions: 13–30.
- ^ Wagner, Edward W.; et al. (1990). Korea Old and New: A History. Harvard University Press. p. 315. ISBN 0-9627713-0-9.
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- ^ Hiura, Satoko (2006). "朝鮮神宮と学校 : 勧学祭を中心に". Japan Society for the Historical Studies of Education. 49. National Institute of Informatics: 110–112.
- ^ Keene, Donald (2002). Emperor of Japan: Meiji and his World, 1852-1912. Columbia UP. pp. 664ff.
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