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東石富安宮

Dongshi Fu’an Temple

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A wood-carved idol for deified Japanese colonial era police officer Morikawa Seijiro (森川清治郎), venerated across Taiwan as Yi’aigong (義愛公).
A wood-carved idol for deified Japanese colonial era police officer Morikawa Seijiro (森川清治郎), venerated across Taiwan as Yi’aigong (義愛公).

A temple venerating Yi’aigong (義愛公), a deified Japanese police officer whose mortal name was Morikawa Seijiro (森川清治郎). Posted to this fishing district, he petitioned his superiors on behalf of villagers crushed by heavy levies and, rebuked for overstepping, took his own life. He was later deified after his spirit was credited with protecting the community through a 1923 epidemic, and appears on the main altar seated in police uniform. Several other temples revere this same figure, but this is the original from which the others descend.

The temple from beneath the metal awning out front.
The temple from beneath the metal awning out front.
An oblique view of the temple on a bright January afternoon.
An oblique view of the temple on a bright January afternoon.
The mural out front depicts the legend of Morikawa Seijiro.
The mural out front depicts the legend of Morikawa Seijiro.
A closer look at the same mural.
A closer look at the same mural.

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