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照国神社
Terukuni Jinja
鹿児島県
The largest shrine in Kagoshima, enshrining the enlightened lord Shimazu Nariakira, mentor of Saigo Takamori, as Terukuni Daimyojin
創建
1863 年
種別
神社
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鹿児島市電「天文館通」から徒歩5分
鹿児島県鹿児島市照国町19-35
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Shrine
Founded 1863
163 years
Enshrined Deity
島津斉彬公
概要
Terukuni Jinja is Kagoshima City's largest shrine, enshrining Shimazu Nariakira, the enlightened Satsuma lord who founded Japan's modern industrial base. Nariakira (d. 1858) was enshrined here by imperial decree in 1863. A key site on Satsuma heritage tours, it was cherished by Saigo Takamori, Nariakira's protege. 5 min from Tenmonkan-dori.
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Terukuni Shrine is dedicated to Shimazu Nariakira, the eleventh lord of the Satsuma domain. Nariakira passed away in July 1858 while actively promoting the Shūseikan industrial complex and navigating Japan's opening to the outside world. Recognizing his monumental contributions to the foundations of…
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Rokugatsu-do
Kagoshima's summer tradition with about 500 paper lanterns illuminating the shrine grounds.

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Saigo Takamori: Two Island Exiles Forged the Hero of the Meiji Restoration
Saigo Takamori (1828-1877), the great Meiji Restoration hero, endured two island exiles totaling six years. After his lord Shimazu Nariakira's death and a failed double-suicide with the monk Gessho, he was secretly exiled to Amami Oshima (1859-62), where he married Aikana, then to Okinoerabu Island (1862-64) where he was confined in an open-air cell.
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Ōkubo Toshimichi
Architect of Modern Japan — One of the Three Great Heroes of the Restoration
Age 33 at founding
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大久保は西郷と共に斉彬に見出された家臣。斉彬の近代化の志を受け継ぎ、維新後の殖産興業政策として開花させた。斉彬なくして大久保の飛躍はなかった。
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Saigō Takamori
One of the Three Heroes of the Meiji Restoration
Age 35 at founding
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照国神社の祭神・島津斉彬は西郷を見出した恩人。斉彬の死後も西郷はその遺志を継いで維新に尽力した。西郷にとって斉彬への報恩の念は生涯変わらず、この神社は西郷の原点ともいえる場所。
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Shimazu Nariakira
One of the Four Wise Lords and Pioneer of Modernization
Age 54 at founding (posthumous)
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照国神社の祭神そのもの。安政5年（1858年）の急死後、文久3年（1863年）に勅命により照國大明神の神号を賜り、この神社に祀られた。集成館事業・人材登用など、近代日本の礎を築いた開明君主。
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