Terukuni shrine

Shinto shrine in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

31°35′41.3″N 130°33′0.3″E / 31.594806°N 130.550083°E / 31.594806; 130.550083ArchitectureDate established1882Websitewww.terukunijinja.jp

Glossary of Shinto

Terukuni jinja (照国神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan.^[1] This shrine is considered to be a dwelling place for the kami of Shimazu Nariakira,^[2] whose posthumous name is Terukuni Daimyōjin (照国大明神).

History

The shrine was founded in Kyushu in 1882 during the Meiji period.^[3]

This class of shrine (Bekkaku Kanpeisha) was established in 1872 (Meiji 5) for the veneration of those kami who were, during life, ordinary subjects of the Emperor. Only a very small number of shrines were designated as such.^[2]

Notes

^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964) Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, pp. 380-392.
^ ^a ^b Ponsonby-Fane, Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, p. 380.
^ Holtom, Daniel Clarence. (1922). The Political Philosophy of Modern Shinto, a Study of the State of Religion of Japan, p. 280., p. 280, at Google Books

References

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Holtom, Daniel Clarence. (1922). The Political Philosophy of Modern Shinto, a Study of the State of Religion of Japan. Tokyo: The Asiatic Society of Japan. OCLC 503421997
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964). Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial Society. OCLC 1030156

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzu or temizu Haiden Heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den setsumatsusha
Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae shinboku shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō
Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri
Decorations	Sandō Saisen Tomoe Shimenawa

Others

Implements	An Chōzubachi Chōzuya Hakama Himorogi Jōe Kagura suzu O-miki Ō-nusa Gohei Sanbo Shide Shinsen Suzu Tamagushi Masakaki Washi
Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Inari Ōkami Inari shrine Usa Hachiman-gū Hachiman Hachiman Shrine Ise Grand Shrine Amaterasu Jingūkyō Jingu Taima Shinmei shrines Dazaifu Tenman-gū Tenjin Tenmangū Munakata Taisha daughters of Amaterasu Suwa Taisha Takeminakata Yasakatome Kotoshironushi Hiyoshi Taisha Ōkuninushi Oyamakui no Kami Sannō torii Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō Kumano Nachi Taisha Kumano Kodō Kumano Sanzan Tsushima Shrine Gion cult Yasaka Shrine Gion cult
Tutelary deities	Ujigami Chinjugami Garanshin Dōsojin Jinushigami Yama-no-Kami Oyagami Sorei Ubusunagami Kunitama
Yorishiro and Shintai	Mirrors Shinboku (trees) Chinju no Mori (forests) Iwakura (rocks) Meoto Iwa Kannabi (locations) Katashiro (dolls) Kadomatsu Bunrei and Kanjō (propagation) Ofuda Jingu Taima Omamori Senjafuda Arahitogami Mikoshi Matsuri float Shinko-shiki
Staff	Kannushi Miko
Miscellaneous	A-un Kanjo Nawa Junrei Misaki Miyamairi Shinshi
Classification	Twenty-Two Shrines Gokoku Shrines Beppyo Shrines Shinkai (divine rank) Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Engishiki Jinmyocho Chinjusha Setsumatsusha Hokora Buddhist elements jingū-ji miyadera Whale mounds Kamidana Mitamaya Sōja shrine
History	Shrine Parishioner Registration Secular Shrine Theory Shrine Consolidation Policy Shrine Shinto
Misc practices for visitors	Ō-mikuji Shuin Ema
Institutions	Jinja Honchō
Rites	Futomani Harae Kagura Misogi Hakushu Two bows, two claps, one bow Jichinsai
¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)