Established in either 1936 or October 1938, this unranked (無格社) Shinto shrine was located on the west side of Qishan. It was also home to a subsidiary Inari shrine (旗山稻荷社) allegedly established in 1937. It survived into the post-war era with some modifications but was mostly dismantled in the early 1980s to clear space for the Confucian temple that now occupies most of the site. Some of the original landscaping, stone lanterns, and possibly komainu remain intact. Known as Kizan-jinja in the original Japanese.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Visual Dictionary (台湾ビジュアル辞典)
Sources
- Kaneko Nobuya, Japanese Deities Overseas, Yeren Publishing House, 2020 金子展也，《遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查》，野人，2020
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
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