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[[File:Terukuni.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Bronze statue of [[Shimazu Nariakira]], in the [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] gardens, with Terukuni Shrine in the background]]
[[File:Terukuni-torii.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main approach and main ''[[torii]]'' of the shrine, as seen looking outwards from the shrine]]
*''Established: [[1864]]''
*''Japanese'': 照国神社 ''(Terukuni jinja)''
Terukuni Shrine is a major [[Shinto shrine]] in [[Kagoshima]], dedicated to Terukuni daimyôjin, the deified [[Shimazu Nariakira]].
The shrine traces its origin to a small enshrinement space for Nariakira created within the [[Tendai]] temple [[Nansen-in]], in [[1862]]; the following year, Nariakira was formally granted deification. Construction on a fuller shrine began that year and was completed the following year ([[1864]]), being called Terukuni Shrine ("Illuminating the Nation" or "Illuminating Nation" Shrine). The shrine was officially designated a prefectural shrine in [[1873]], and in [[1882]] was then designated an Imperial Shrine of Special Status (''bekkaku kanpeisha'').
The main worship hall which stands today dates to 1958, having been rebuilt following its destruction in World War II.
Large bronze statues of Shimazu Nariakira, [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], and [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], along with a number of other significant monuments, stand in the [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] gardens adjacent to the shrine grounds.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%85%A7%E5%9B%BD%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE-173208 Terukuni jinja]," ''Nihon daihyakka zensho Nipponica'', Shogakukan.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%85%A7%E5%9B%BD%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE-173208 Terukuni jinja]," ''Britannica kokusai daihyakka jiten shôkômoku jiten'', Britannica Japan (2014).
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[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[File:Terukuni-torii.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main approach and main ''[[torii]]'' of the shrine, as seen looking outwards from the shrine]]
*''Established: [[1864]]''
*''Japanese'': 照国神社 ''(Terukuni jinja)''
Terukuni Shrine is a major [[Shinto shrine]] in [[Kagoshima]], dedicated to Terukuni daimyôjin, the deified [[Shimazu Nariakira]].
The shrine traces its origin to a small enshrinement space for Nariakira created within the [[Tendai]] temple [[Nansen-in]], in [[1862]]; the following year, Nariakira was formally granted deification. Construction on a fuller shrine began that year and was completed the following year ([[1864]]), being called Terukuni Shrine ("Illuminating the Nation" or "Illuminating Nation" Shrine). The shrine was officially designated a prefectural shrine in [[1873]], and in [[1882]] was then designated an Imperial Shrine of Special Status (''bekkaku kanpeisha'').
The main worship hall which stands today dates to 1958, having been rebuilt following its destruction in World War II.
Large bronze statues of Shimazu Nariakira, [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], and [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], along with a number of other significant monuments, stand in the [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] gardens adjacent to the shrine grounds.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%85%A7%E5%9B%BD%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE-173208 Terukuni jinja]," ''Nihon daihyakka zensho Nipponica'', Shogakukan.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%85%A7%E5%9B%BD%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE-173208 Terukuni jinja]," ''Britannica kokusai daihyakka jiten shôkômoku jiten'', Britannica Japan (2014).
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[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
