Most viewed - Shoin Jinja Shrine and Yoshida Shoin School 松陰神社・松下村塾 |
Historical figures from Choshu (Yamaguchi).44 views
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Shoin Shrine is dedicated to Yoshida Shoin (1830–1859 吉田松陰), a native of Hagi who was a leading intellectual and educator during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate.37 viewsThis is the first torii.
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Shoin to be executed. (The museum does not show the decapitation.)37 views
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Leaving Shoin Shrine.37 views
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QR code for more info in Japanese.36 views
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Shoin enters Sakuma Shozan school.36 views
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Yoshida is also noted for trying to stowaway on Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship to go to America and study abroad in 1854. 35 viewsHe had an eventful but short life, executed at age 29. In Hagi, the Shoin Shrine is dedicated to him.
This short path to the shrine has various monuments.
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Giant ema wooden prayer tablet with a picture of Yoshida Shoin (right) and student Yamagata Aritomo who became the father of Japanese militarism.35 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school lecture room.35 views
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Adjacent to Shoin Shrine is Shomon Shrine that worships the students of Yoshida Shoin. 松門神社35 views
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Mori Shigetaka's tea room in his villa.35 views
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Happy New Year 201835 views
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Shoin confined.35 views
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Shoin imprisoned.35 views
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Marker for the Shoka-sonjuku school as a historical site.34 views
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Inside Shoin Shrine 34 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family when he was a child. (Sugi family)34 views
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Yoshida Shoin with his brother and father.34 views
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Pictures of the school's famous students.33 views
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About Shomon Shrine. 松門神社33 views
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Exiting the shrine's torii.33 views
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Commodore Perry's troops.33 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾32 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine torii.32 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shoin. 松陰神社32 views
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Yoshida Shoin History Museum is also within the shrine grounds. 吉田松蔭歴史館32 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family tree.32 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.31 views
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Yoshida's poem.31 views
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The school building is the original from Yoshida's days.31 views
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Shomon Shrine 松門神社31 views
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Wishes on a pine tree.31 views
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In 2018, Hagi is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration.30 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.30 views
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Portrait of Yoshida Shoin in Shoka-sonjuku school. He taught at the school for only a year. 松下村塾30 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855.30 views
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Amulet shop30 views
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Filial piety bamboo.30 views
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Teacher, Mori clan head.30 views
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Yoshida Shoin studying.30 views
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About the Ansei Purge.30 views
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Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship.30 views
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Yoshida Shoin's living quarters.29 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855 after being arrested for trying to stowaway on Perry's ship.29 views
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Monument indicating this place as where the Meiji Restoration started.29 views
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Shoin listening to a lecture at the school that hr would later take over.29 views
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About Yoshida Shoin's confinement.28 views
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Shrine amulets.28 views
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Yoshida Shoin riding on a boat to Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship to try and stowaway to America.28 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾27 views
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Ema wooden prayer tablet.27 views
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Monument indicating a visit by the Emperor and Empress and Crown Prince and Princess.25 views
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