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Kishitsu Shrine (Kishitsu Shishi's Tomb)

Shiga · Hino · Culture & History

Japanese name: 鬼室神社(鬼室集斯の墓)

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Kishitsu Shrine (Kishitsu Shishi's Tomb)
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WHAT TO DOKishitsu Shrine (Kishitsu Shishi's Tomb)

A shrine in Hino with a stone pagoda said to be the grave of Kishitsu Shushi, an immigrant from Baekje.

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A shrine in Hino with a stone pagoda said to be the grave of Kishitsu Shushi, an immigrant from Baekje.

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A shrine in the Ono settlement, about 4 km northeast of the town center of Hino, containing the grave of Kishitsu Shushi. The grave is behind the main hall, where an octagonal gravestone 48 cm high is housed inside a stone shrine (1 m high), engraved with the words for the grave of Kishitsu Shushi. Kishitsu Shushi was a man of Baekje who came to Japan after the defeat at Baekgang and served Emperor Tenji.

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