Most viewed - Shoin Jinja Shrine and Yoshida Shoin School 松陰神社・松下村塾 |
Historical figures from Choshu (Yamaguchi).47 views
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Happy New Year 201839 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.38 views
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QR code for more info in Japanese.38 views
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Shoin to be executed. (The museum does not show the decapitation.)38 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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Mori Shigetaka's tea room in his villa.37 views
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Leaving Shoin Shrine.37 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. 36 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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Shoin Jinja Shrine dedicated to Yoshida Shoin. 松陰神社36 views
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Adjacent to Shoin Shrine is Shomon Shrine that worships the students of Yoshida Shoin. 松門神社36 views
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About Shomon Shrine. 松門神社36 views
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Shoin enters Sakuma Shozan school.36 views
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Shoin imprisoned.36 views
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Marker for the Shoka-sonjuku school as a historical site.35 views
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Pictures of the school's famous students.35 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school lecture room.35 views
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The school building is the original from Yoshida's days.35 views
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Wishes on a pine tree.35 views
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Exiting the shrine's torii.35 views
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Shoin confined.35 views
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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾34 views
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Inside Shoin Shrine 34 views
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Yoshida Shoin History Museum is also within the shrine grounds. 吉田松蔭歴史館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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Commodore Perry's troops.34 views
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Amulet shop33 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.32 views
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Shoin Jinja Shrine torii.32 views
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Filial piety bamboo.32 views
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Yoshida Shoin's family tree.32 views
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Yoshida's poem.31 views
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About the the Shoka-sonjuku school.31 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855.31 views
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Shomon Shrine 松門神社31 views
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About the Ansei Purge.31 views
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Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship.31 views
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In 2018, Hagi is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration.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's living quarters.30 views
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Yoshida Shoin was confined here in 1855 after being arrested for trying to stowaway on Perry's ship.30 views
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Monument indicating this place as where the Meiji Restoration started.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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Yoshida Shoin riding on a boat to Commodore Perry's USS Powhatan flagship to try and stowaway to America.30 views
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About Yoshida Shoin's confinement.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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Shoka-sonjuku school. 松下村塾28 views
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Shrine amulets.28 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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