Enshrining Yoshida Shoin, executed in 1859 — his disciples including Takasugi Shinsaku founded this shrine in 1882, where a replica Shoka Sonjuku academy and Shoin's grave draw students and Meiji history enthusiasts.
A shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shoin, the late-Edo thinker who was executed in the Ansei Purge, founded in 1882 (Meiji 15) through the efforts of his disciples including Takasugi Shinsaku. A replica of the Shoka Sonjuku academy stands in the precincts, conveying Shoin\'s spirit of education. His grave is in the adjacent cemetery, and the annual festival on October 27, the anniversary of his death, …
Shoin Shrine is dedicated to Yoshida Shoin, a prominent thinker and educator of the late Edo period who was executed at Edo's Kodenmachō prison in 1859 during the Ansei Purge. After his execution, his disciples—including Takasugi Shinsaku and Itō Hirobumi—arranged for his remains to be reinterred at…
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