Ryūtōsan Shrine (龍頭山神社) was a Shinto shrine in Korea. It is the earliest shinto shrine in Korea[1]: 139 built by workers of the local Japan House trade office in 1678.[2] Such shinto may have served a purpose of expressing and maintaining a Japanese identity outside of Japan, while the Japanese and Korean people lived relatively close during this period.[3]
| Ryūtōsan Shrine | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Ōmononushi (Konpira Gongen) Kunitama Okami Amaterasu Okami |
| Year consecrated | 1678 |
| Location | |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°06′03″N 129°01′57″E / 35.1008°N 129.0325°E |
 Location relative to modern-day Busan | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
It was a Kotohira shrine dedicated to Ōmononushi and the protection of sailors.[2] In addition it, alongside all other nationally ranked shinto shrines in Korea enshrined Amaterasu and Kunitama as a pair.[1]: 139
It was originally called Kotohira shrine (金刀比羅神社), before being renamed Ryūtōsan Shrine (龍頭山神社, Ryūtōsan Jinja).[2]
It was destroyed after the liberation of Korea. Its former site is now part of Yongdusan Park.
References
edit- ^ a b Shimizu, Karli; Rambelli, Fabio (2022-10-06). Overseas Shinto Shrines: Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire. London New York (N.Y.) Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-23498-7.
- ^ a b c Nakajima, Michio (2010). "Shinto Deities That Crossed the Sea: Japan's" Overseas Shrines," 1868 to 1945". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 37 (1): 21–46. JSTOR 27822898. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Grisafi, John G. "Shintō in Colonial Korea: A Broadening Narrative of Imperial Era Shintō".
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