Daijingu Temple of Hawaii
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| Daijingu Temple of Hawaii | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Amaterasu Ame-no-Minakanushi Yaoyorozu no Kami George Washington Abraham Lincoln King Kamehameha I King Kalākaua |
| Location | |
| Location | 61 Puiwa Road, Honolulu, HI 96817 |
| Website | |
| http://www.daijingutemple.org | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
The Daijingu Temple of Hawaii is a Shinto Shinmei shrine located in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. It is also known as the Honolulu Grand Shrine (ホノルル大神宮) and is the oldest Shinto shrine on Oahu.[1]
History
[edit]In 1903, Matsue Chiya, an immigrant from Kōchi Prefecture founded the shrine on Aala Lane. Masato Kawasaki was welcomed as head priest in 1907.[2]: 198 With the onset of World War II, the shrine's building and property was confiscated by the United States government. The Japanese community survived the war and moved the shrine to a temporary location in 1947. The present location was established November 1, 1958.
Daijingu Temple of Hawaii is the only shrine in American territory with a recorded history of holding worship services for a Japanese war hero before the start of the Pacific War. Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō was worshiped by members of the Imperial Japanese Navy and local Japanese-Americans. This has prompted scholars to consider Shinto in Hawaii as a new American religion rather than a diaspora tradition.[3]
Enshrined kami
[edit]Presiding kami:
Other enshrined kami:
References
[edit]- ^ Kawasaki, Kazoe. "About". Daijingu Temple of Hawaii. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ Shimizu, Karli (2022). Overseas Shinto Shrines: Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781350235007.
- ^ Hansen, Wilburn (August 2010). "Examining Prewar Tôgô Worship in Hawaii Toward Rethinking Hawaiian Shinto as a New Religion in America". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 14 (1): 67–92. doi:10.1525/nr.2010.14.1.67. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2010.14.1.67. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ Kawasaki, Kazoe. "About". Daijingu Temple of Hawaii. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
External links
[edit]- Daijingu Temple of Hawaii - Daijingu Temple of Hawaii Main Site
- Kanagawa University Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials
- Hawaii Daijingu (Japanese)
- Honolulu Daijingu (Japanese)
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