Tainan Shrine

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Tainan Shrine was a Shinto shrine made outside of Japan by the Empire of Japan. It was linked to imperialism and State Shinto rather than local support for Shintoism[1] from malaria.Han Cheung (26 May 2019). "Taiwan in Time: The prince who became a god". Taipei Times.</ref> He was enshrined in most shrines in Taiwan including Taiwan Grand Shrine.

People were forced to visit shrines at this time by the government rather than going of their own volition. It held an elaborate festival every January.

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  1. 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. ISSN 0304-1042. It was established in 1920 and upgraded in 1925 and its main deity was Prince Kitashirakawa.who died during the Japanese invasion of Taiwan.Operations, United States Office of the Chief of Naval (1944). Taiwan (Formosa).: Tainan Province. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department.

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