Taiwan Shrine

Japanese: 台湾神宮 - たいわんじんぐう

A shrine located in Taipei City, Taiwan under Japanese rule. It enshrines the three gods Ookunitama, Onamuchi, and Sukunabikona, as well as Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa. Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa, who was a lieutenant general in the army that led the Taiwan expeditionary force after the First Sino-Japanese War, died of illness in Tainan City in 1895. In 1900, it was decided to build Taiwan Shrine, a government-sponsored grand shrine, in Taipei to protect Taiwan, and to enshrine the prince and the same three pioneering gods as Sapporo Shrine (later Hokkaido Shrine). The shrine building was completed in October of the following year, and a ceremony was held to enshrine the shrine.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本統治下の台湾の台北市にあった神社。大国魂（おおくにたま），大己貴（おおなむち），少彦名（すくなびこな）の三神と北白川宮能久（よしひさ）親王をまつる。日清戦争後，台湾征討軍の指揮に当たった陸軍中将北白川宮能久親王は，1895年，台南市で病没した。1900年，台北に台湾の鎮護のために，親王と札幌神社(のち北海道神宮)と同じ開拓三神とをまつる官幣大社台湾神社を創建することが決まり，翌年10月に社殿が完成して鎮座祭が行われた。

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