Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration
Emperor Godaigo
Minatogawa Shrine
Yoshino Shrine Torii gate
The Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration (建武中興十五社, Kenmu chūko jūgosha) are a group of Shinto shrines dedicated to individuals and events of the Kenmu Restoration.
| Shrine Name | Commemoration | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Yoshino Shrine | Emperor Go-Daigo | Yoshino District, Nara |
| Kamakura-gū | Prince Moriyoshi | Kamakura |
| Iinoya-gū | Munenaga | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Yatsushiro-gū | Prince Kaneyoshi | Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Kanegasaki-gū | Prince Takanaga, Prince Tsunenaga | Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture |
| Komikado Shrine | Kazan'in Morokata | Narita, Chiba Prefecture |
| Kikuchi Shrine | Kikuchi Taketoki | Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Minatogawa Shrine | Kusunoki Masashige | Chūō-ku, Kobe |
| Nawa Shrine | Nawa Nagatoshi | Daisen, Tottori Prefecture |
| Abeno Shrine | Kitabatake Chikafusa, Kitabatake Akiie | Abeno-ku, Osaka Prefecture |
| Fujishima Shrine | Nitta Yoshisada | Fukui, Fukui Prefecture |
| Yūki Shrine | Yūki Munehiro | Tsu, Mie Prefecture |
| Ryōzen Shrine | Kitabatake Chikafusa, Kitabatake Akiie, Kitabatake Akinobu, Kitabatake Morichika | Date, Fukushima Prefecture |
| Shijōnawate Shrine | Kusunoki Masatsura | Shijōnawate, Osaka Prefecture |
| Kitabatake Shrine | Kitabatake Akiyoshi | Tsu, Mie Prefecture |
References
- Takashi Fujitani, Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996).
- John S. Brownlee, Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods (UBC Press, 1999).
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