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On June 17, 1895 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Japanese-era "Dominion Day" )〕 (Meiji 28), Taiwan came under the rule of the Empire of Japan. In the following year on December 3, 1896,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 運動休閒歷史事件 )〕 the first Shinto shrine was created in Taiwan. This was actually the already existing Koxinga Ancestral Shrine (開山王廟 Kaizan Ōbyō) located in Tainan but renamed Kaizan Shrine (開山神社). Since then, Shinto shrines were built in the major cities between the Meiji and Taishō period, while the majority of Shinto shrines in Taiwan were built from the late 1930s until Japan's defeat in World War II. In total, 204 shrines were built in Taiwan, 66 of which were officially sanctioned by the Japanese Empire. Although many shrines in the exterior territories (外地 gaichi) such as Hokkaidō had enshrined deities (祭神 ''Saijin'') such as the Three Kami Deities of Cultivation (開拓三神 ''Kaitaku Sanjin'') which consisted of Ōkunitama no Mikoto (大国魂命), Ōnamuchi no Mikoto (大己貴命) and Sukunahikona no Mikoto (少彦名命); the Sun Goddess Amaterasu; Meiji Emperor etc., in Taiwan, most shrines had Prince Yoshihisa as a ''Saijin''. Prince Yoshihisa was sent to Taiwan to subjugate the anti-Japanese rebellion but fell ill and died from malaria in Tainan in 1895. This fate was similar to that of the legendary Prince Yamato Takeru that Prince Yoshihisa was made a tutelary deity (鎮護の神 chingo no kami) of Taiwan. In 1901 (Meiji 34), the Taiwan Shrine (later Taiwan Grand Shrine) was built and Prince Yoshihisa along with the Three Kami Deities of Cultivation were enshrined. Amaterasu was later included in the shrine. The shrines in Taiwan followed in its lead and Prince Yoshihisa became a ''Saijin'' in most shrines throughout Taiwan. Furthermore, in Tainan, the place of Prince Yoshihisa's demise, the Tainan Shrine was built. After Japan's defeat in World War II, the shrines were either destroyed or converted into Chinese Martyr Shrines. ==List of shrines== Below is a list of Shinto shrines which were built during Japanese colonial rule. The shrines were ranked according to their importance such as Grand Shrine (官幣大社 ''kokuhei taisha''), Small Shrine (国幣小社 ''kokuhei shōsha'') and Martyr Shrine (護国神社 ''gokoku jinja''), the last of which was designated by the Governor-General of Taiwan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Shinto shrines in Taiwan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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