List of the 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 NameCommemorationPlace
Yoshino ShrineEmperor Go-DaigoYoshino District, Nara
Kamakura-gūPrince MoriyoshiKamakura
Iinoya-gūMunenagaHamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture
Yatsushiro-gūPrince KaneyoshiYatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture
Kanegasaki-gūPrince Takanaga, Prince TsunenagaTsuruga, Fukui Prefecture
Komikado ShrineKazan'in MorokataNarita, Chiba Prefecture
Kikuchi ShrineKikuchi TaketokiKikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture
Minatogawa ShrineKusunoki MasashigeChūō-ku, Kobe
Nawa ShrineNawa NagatoshiDaisen, Tottori Prefecture
Abeno ShrineKitabatake Chikafusa, Kitabatake AkiieAbeno-ku, Osaka Prefecture
Fujishima ShrineNitta YoshisadaFukui, Fukui Prefecture
Yūki ShrineYūki MunehiroTsu, Mie Prefecture
Ryōzen ShrineKitabatake Chikafusa, Kitabatake Akiie, Kitabatake Akinobu, Kitabatake MorichikaDate, Fukushima Prefecture
Shijōnawate ShrineKusunoki MasatsuraShijōnawate, Osaka Prefecture
Kitabatake ShrineKitabatake AkiyoshiTsu, 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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