is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kagoshima

Kagoshima, Kagoshima

is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin...

 in Kagoshima Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. This shrine is considered to be a dwelling place for the kami

Kami

is the Japanese word for the spirits, natural forces, or essence in the Shinto faith. Although the word is sometimes translated as "god" or "deity", some Shinto scholars argue that such a translation can cause a misunderstanding of the term...

of the Shimazu Nariakira

Shimazu Nariakira

was a Japanese feudal lord of the Edo period, the 28th in the line of Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma Domain. He was renowned as an intelligent and wise lord, and was greatly interested in Western learning and technology...

, whose posthumous kami name is .

History

The shrine was founded in Kyushu in 1882 during the Meiji period

Meiji period

The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...

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This class of shrine (Bekkaku Kanpeisha) established in 1872 (Meiji 5) for the veneration of those kami who were, during life, an ordinary subject of the Emperor. This very small number of shrines.

See also

• List of Jingū
• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)
• Terukuni Maru class ocean liner
  Terukuni Maru class ocean liner
  The was a class of ocean liners of Japan, serving during the 1930s, and after World War II.-Background:* In 1925, Swedish American Line was constructed the excellent passenger MS Kungsholm...