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Karenkō Prefecture

Karenkō Prefecture

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Karenkō Prefecture (花蓮港廳, Karenkō-chō) was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hualien County.[1]

The Karenkō Prefecture government building
Karenkō Prefecture

Population

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Administrative divisions

Map of part of Karenkō Prefecture (1944)

Cities and Districts

In 1945 (Shōwa 20), there were 1 city and 3 districts.

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Towns and Villages

The districts are divided into towns (街) and villages (庄)

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Karenkō Shrine

Main article: Karenkō Shrine

Karenkō Shrine was a Shinto shrine located in Hualien City, Hualien County (formerly Karenkō city, in Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule. It was ranked as a Prefectural Shrine and was the central shrine in Karenkō Prefecture.[2]

History

The shrine was built on August 19, 1915 (Taishō 4). Prince Yoshihisa and the Three Kami Deities of Cultivation no Mikoto, Ōnamuchi no Mikoto, no Mikoto were enshrined. On March 2, 1921 the shrine was classified as a Prefectural Shrine.

After World War II, the shrine became a martyrs' shrine honoring Taiwan's heroes such as Tei Seikō, Liu Yongfu, and Qiu Fengjia. In 1981, the shrine was demolished to make way for the Hualien Martyrs' Shrine which was built in the Northern Palace Architecture style.

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References

  1. [1]
    Morris, Andrew D. (2015-07-30). Japanese Taiwan: Colonial Rule and its Contested Legacy. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 100–103. ISBN 978-1-4725-7673-6.
  2. [2]
    Kam, Liza Wing Man (2021), Hoon, Chang-Yau; Chan, Ying-kit (eds.), "Liberating Architecture from "Chineseness": Colonial Shinto Shrines and Post-colonial Martyrs' Shrines in Post-war Taiwan", Contesting Chineseness, Asia in Transition, vol. 14, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 59–81, doi:10.1007/978-981-33-6096-9_4, ISBN 978-981-336-095-2, retrieved 2023-11-02
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