Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine


Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine (京都霊山護国神社, Kyōto Ryōzen Gokoku Jinja)
Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
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Basic information
Geographic coordinates 35°00′00″N 135°46′59″E / 35.00000°N 135.78306°E / 35.00000; 135.78306Coordinates: 35°00′00″N 135°46′59″E / 35.00000°N 135.78306°E / 35.00000; 135.78306
Affiliation Shinto
Glossary of Shinto

Left image: Tomb of Sakamoto Ryōma, in Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, Kyoto.
Right image: Tomb of Sakamoto Ryōma (detail).

The Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine (京都霊山護国神社, Kyōto Ryōzen Gokoku Jinja) is a Shinto Shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. It honors the heroes of Japan, especially from the period of the Bakumatsu period and the Meiji Restoration,[1] most famously Sakamoto Ryōma and his associate Nakaoka Shintarō, who are buried side-by-side in the shrine.

The Ryozen Museum of History is next to this shrine.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Kyoto Cultural Guide by John H. Martin, Phyllis G. Martin p.65

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