Chōsen Shrine
| Chōsen Shrine | |||||
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Entrance stairway to the shrine complex, from a postcard (c. 1930s) | |||||
| Religion | |||||
| Affiliation | Shinto | ||||
| Deity | Kunitama Okami Amaterasu Okami | ||||
| Location | |||||
| Geographic coordinates | 37°33′13″N 126°58′58″E / 37.55361°N 126.98278°E | ||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 朝鮮神宮 | ||||
| Hiragana | ちょうせんじんぐう | ||||
| Katakana | チョソンシングン | ||||
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| Korean name | |||||
| Hangul | 조선신궁 | ||||
| Hanja | 朝鮮神宮 | ||||
| RR | Joseon singung | ||||
| MR | Chosŏn sin'gung | ||||
| Glossary of Shinto | |||||
Chōsen Shrine (Japanese: 朝鮮神宮, Hepburn: Chōsen Jingū, Korean: 조선신궁; Hanja: 朝鮮神宮) was the most important Shinto shrine during the Japanese colonial period in Korea. It was built in 1925 in Seoul (then called Keijō) and destroyed soon after the end of colonial rule in 1945.
The famous architect and architectural historian Itō Chūta, also responsible for Meiji Jingū, contributed to its planning.
The former site of the shrine is now part of Namsan Park.