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*''Established: [[1869]]''
*''Japanese'': 鶴嶺神社 ''(Tsurugane jinja)''
Tsurugane Shrine is a [[Shinto shrine]] located immediately between the old [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] factory complex, and the [[Shimazu clan]] garden at [[Sengan'en]], in the Iso neighborhood of [[Kagoshima]], .
Following the abolition in [[1869]] of the Shimazu clan [[bodaiji|family temple]] [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], in the [[haibutsu kishaku|anti-Buddhist policies]] of the day, a new site was needed at which the ancestral spirits of the successive lords of the Shimazu clan, their families, and loyal vassals could be honored. Thus, this new shrine was established, also in 1869, at Yamashita Tsurugane, in the Sakamoto neighborhood of Kagoshima.
The shrine was relocated to its current location by [[Shimazu Tadashige]] in 1917, while [[Terukuni Shrine]] took over its previous location. The shrine contains a number of treasures, including a red-threaded suit of armor (''[[yoroi]]'') used by [[Shimazu Tadahisa]], a sword from the Bizen Unshô-Unji school presented to the shrine by Tadashige, figures of each of the successive Shimazu lords, and a replica of the grave of [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]]. The spirit of Kameju, daughter of [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]], is also worshipped there.
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture09.html Tsurugane jinja]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]