Korean Shrine

Japanese: 朝鮮神宮 - ちょうせんじんぐう

Under Japanese rule, this shrine was built on Mount Namsan in Keijo (Seoul) as the guardian deity for all of Korea. The deities enshrined are Amaterasu Omikami and Emperor Meiji. It is the only Imperially sponsored shrine out of the 60 or so shrines built throughout Korea. Numerous shrines were built in colonies and occupied territories under State Shinto, and this is one of the main ones. The decision to build it was made in 1919, the precincts decided the following year, and it was completed in 1925 at a cost of 1.5 million yen. An imperial envoy was welcomed on October 15th to hold the enshrinement ceremony, and the first annual festival was held on the 17th. From then on, it became an imperially sponsored shrine, with imperial envoys attending the annual festivals and the chief priest receiving the treatment of an imperially appointed official.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本の統治下，朝鮮全土の総鎮守として京城府(ソウル)南山に建てられた神社。祭神は天照大神と明治天皇。朝鮮各地に建てられた60余社中唯一の官幣大社。国家神道のもとで植民地，占領地には数多くの神社が創建されたが，その主要なものの一つである。1919年に創建を決定，翌年境内地を定め，150万円をかけて25年に竣工，10月15日に勅使を迎えて鎮座の儀，17日に第1回の例祭が行われた。以後勅祭社となり例祭には勅使が立ち，宮司は勅任官の待遇を受けた。

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