Ryūtōsan Shrine

Ryūtōsan Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityŌmononushi
(Konpira Gongen)
Kunitama Okami
Amaterasu Okami
Year consecrated1678
Location
Geographic coordinates35°06′03″N 129°01′57″E / 35.1008°N 129.0325°E / 35.1008; 129.0325
Location relative to modern-day Busan
Glossary of Shinto

Ryūtōsan Shrine (龍頭山神社) was a Shinto shrine in Korea. It was the earliest shinto Shinto shrine built in Korea.[1]: 139 

History

Originally named Kotohira shrine (金刀比羅神社), the shrine was built by workers of the local Japan House trade office in 1678.[2] Shinto shrines of this kind may have served the purpose of expressing and maintaining a Japanese identity outside of Japan, while the Japanese and Korean people lived relatively closely during this period.[3] it was later renamed Ryūtōsan Shrine (龍頭山神社, Ryūtōsan Jinja).[2]

The shrine was destroyed after the liberation of Korea. Its former site is now part of Yongdusan Park.

Enshrined deities

The shrine was a Kotohira shrine, dedicated to Ōmononushi and the protection of sailors.[2] In addition it, alongside all other nationally ranked shinto shrines in Korea, enshrined Amaterasu and Kunitama as a pair.[1]: 139 

References

  1. ^ a b Shimizu, Karli; Rambelli, Fabio (2022-10-06). Overseas Shinto Shrines: Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire. London New York (N.Y.) Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-23498-7.
  2. ^ a b c Nakajima, Michio (2010). "Shinto Deities That Crossed the Sea: Japan's" Overseas Shrines," 1868 to 1945". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 37 (1): 21–46. JSTOR 27822898. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ Grisafi, John G. "Shintō in Colonial Korea: A Broadening Narrative of Imperial Era Shintō". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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