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Keijō Shrine

Coordinates: 37°33′25″N 126°59′11″E / 37.5569°N 126.9864°E / 37.5569; 126.9864
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Keijō Shrine
Part of the shrine complex
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityAmaterasu, Three Pioneer Kami (開拓三神, Kaitaku Sanjin) Ōkunitama [simple], Ōkuninushi, and Sukunahikona, Dangun?
Location
MunicipalityKeijō
CountryKorea, Empire of Japan
Geographic coordinates37°33′25″N 126°59′11″E / 37.5569°N 126.9864°E / 37.5569; 126.9864
Architecture
Date establishedNovember 3, 1898 (1898-11-03)
DestroyedNovember 17, 1945 (1945-11-17)
MapLocation relative to present-day Seoul
Glossary of Shinto

Keijō Shrine (京城神社, Keijō-jinja, Korean경성신사), sometimes Seoul Shrine,[1]: 65 [2]: 139  was a Shinto shrine in Keijō (Seoul), Korea, Empire of Japan. The shrine was established on November 3, 1898,[3][4] and destroyed on November 17, 1945, several months after the end of colonial rule.[5]

The shrine was located to the north of the mountain Namsan.

Theological history

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Initially the shrine only worshipped Amaterasu but it later added the Three Pioneer Kami (開拓三神, Kaitaku Sanjin) Ōkunitama [simple], Ōkuninushi, and Sukunahikona used in Japanese colonial shrines. after it was established that it would not become the Chosen Jingu.[2]: 140 

Uniquely it referred to Kunitama as Chosen Kunitama suggesting a distinctly Korean flavor, as this shrine attempted to integrate many Korean customs.[2]: 140  Many locals identified "Chosen Kunitama" with Dangun.[2]: 140 

In 1936 the government released a memo saying that Okunitama was in fact a generic title for any Korean deity and not Dangun. The name was also changed to Kunitama-no-Okami as a parallel to Amaterasu Omikami[2]: 140 

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References

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  1. ^ Henry, Todd (2014). Assimilating Seoul: Japanese Rule and the Politics of Public Space in Colonial Korea, 1910–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520958418.
  2. ^ a b c d e Shimizu, Karli; Rambelli, Fabio (2022-10-06). Overseas Shinto Shrines: Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire. London New York (N.Y.) Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-23498-7.
  3. ^ 青井哲人「ソウル・南山の神域化-植民都市と神社境内」(明治聖徳記念学会紀要復刊第43号、2006年)
  4. ^ 「神社祭神並創立調査表」 JACAR(アジア歴史資料センター) Ref.A03010213400 (国立公文書館)
  5. ^ 内務省告示第264号 官報第5660号(昭和20年11月22日) 1頁
  6. ^ 정, 용부 (2018-02-02). "[다크 헤리티지를 찾아서] 서울미래유산에 남겨진 일제 신사의 유구". The Financial News (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-03-11.