contributor
27,126
edits
Changes
no edit summary
Meiji Shrine is a large [[Shinto shrine]] located in Shibuya-ku, [[Tokyo]]. It was established in 1920, in memory of [[Emperor Meiji]], who died [[1912|eight years prior]].
Meiji Shrine is a large [[Shinto shrine]] located in Shibuya-ku, [[Tokyo]]. It was established in 1920, in memory of [[Emperor Meiji]], who died [[1912|eight years prior]].
Discussions about building a shrine here in honor of Emperor Meiji and [[Empress Shoken|Empress Shôken]] began in 1915, the year after the death of the empress.
Discussions about building a shrine in honor of Emperor Meiji and [[Empress Shoken|Empress Shôken]], on the site of the Emperor's funeral ceremonies, began in 1915, the year after the death of the empress. The shrine was established in 1920, and in 1926 the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (''Seitoku Kinen Kaiga-kan'') was constructed in the shrine's outer gardens (''Meiji jingû gaien''). It is located at the end of a long path lined with [[gingko]] trees, and contains eighty or so large mural paintings of events in the lives of the Meiji Emperor and his Empress. A ''[[kusunoki]]'' (camphor) tree stands behind the gallery, on the spot where the Meiji Emperor's funeral carriage had been placed for public viewing immediately following the formal funeral ceremonies. The choice of tree is, perhaps, a reference to 14th century imperial loyalist [[Kusunoki Masashige]], who was particularly celebrated in the [[Meiji period]] and pre-war era.<ref>Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', University of California Press (1998), 17.</ref>
The shrine grounds cover roughly 700,000 square meters. Most of the shrine buildings were destroyed in the 1945 air raids, and rebuilt in 1958.
The shrine grounds cover roughly 700,000 square meters. Most of the shrine buildings were destroyed in the 1945 air raids, and rebuilt in 1958.
==References==
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE Meiji jingû]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE Meiji jingû]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.
<references/>
==External Links==
==External Links==