 Most viewed - Shoin Jinja Shrine and Yoshida Shoin School 松陰神社・松下村塾 |
Historical figures from Choshu (Yamaguchi).33 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.30 viewsThis is the first torii.
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Leaving Shoin Shrine.30 views
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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.29 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. 28 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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QR code for more info in Japanese.28 views
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Happy New Year 201828 views
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Shoin to be executed. (The museum does not show the decapitation.)28 views
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Shoin enters Sakuma Shozan school.27 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school lecture room.26 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family when he was a child. (Sugi family)26 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾25 views
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Pictures of the school's famous students.25 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine torii.25 views
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Yoshida Shoin History Museum is also within the shrine grounds. 吉田松蔭歴史館25 views
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Teacher, Mori clan head.25 views
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Shoin confined.25 views
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Yoshida's poem.24 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855 after being arrested for trying to stowaway on Perry's ship.24 views
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Adjacent to Shoin Shrine is Shomon Shrine that worships the students of Yoshida Shoin. 松門神社24 views
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Wishes on a pine tree.24 views
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Yoshida Shoin with his brother and father.24 views
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Commodore Perry's troops.24 views
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Shoin imprisoned.24 views
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In 2018, Hagi is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration.23 views
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Marker for the Shoka-sonjuku school as a historical site.23 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.23 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾23 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shoin. 松陰神社23 views
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About Shomon Shrine. 松門神社23 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family tree.23 views
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Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship.23 views
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Yoshida Shoin's living quarters.22 views
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The school building is the original from Yoshida's days.22 views
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Filial piety bamboo.22 views
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Mori Shigetaka's tea room in his villa.22 views
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Shoin listening to a lecture at the school that hr would later take over.22 views
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Yoshida Shoin studying.22 views
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Yoshida Shoin riding on a boat to Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship to try and stowaway to America.22 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.21 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21 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855.21 views
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Inside Shoin Shrine 21 views
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Amulet shop21 views
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Exiting the shrine's torii.21 views
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About the Ansei Purge.21 views
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About Yoshida Shoin's confinement.20 views
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Shomon Shrine 松門神社20 views
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Ema wooden prayer tablet.20 views
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Monument indicating this place as where the Meiji Restoration started.20 views
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Shrine amulets.19 views
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Monument indicating a visit by the Emperor and Empress and Crown Prince and Princess.19 views
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