Shoin Shrine enshrines Yoshida Shoin, the Bakumatsu-era thinker. The Shoka Sonjuku academy still stands in the grounds, conveying the educational spirit of Shoin who nurtured Meiji Restoration leaders including Takasugi Shinsaku and Ito Hirobumi. A sacred site in Hagi.
Shoin Shrine is dedicated to Yoshida Shoin (1830–1859), a prominent thinker and educator of the late Edo period. Born in Hagi as the son of a Choshu domain samurai, Shoin opened a private academy called Shoka Sonjuku around 1855 on the grounds of his family home. There he nurtured future leaders of …
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