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Emperor Godaigo Minatogawa Shrine Yoshino Shrine Torii gate The Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration (建武中興十五社, Kenmu chūko jūgosha ) are a group of Shinto shrines dedicated to individuals and events of the Kenmu Restoration .
Shrine Name Commemoration Place Yoshino Shrine Emperor Go-Daigo Yoshino District, Nara Kamakura-gū Prince Moriyoshi Kamakura Iinoya-gū Munenaga Hamamatsu , Shizuoka Prefecture Yatsushiro-gū Prince Kaneyoshi Yatsushiro, Kumamoto PrefectureKanegasaki-gū Prince Takanaga , Prince Tsunenaga Tsuruga, Fukui PrefectureKomikado Shrine Kazan'in Morokata Narita, Chiba PrefectureKikuchi Shrine Kikuchi Taketoki Kikuchi, Kumamoto PrefectureMinatogawa Shrine Kusunoki Masashige Chūō-ku , Kobe Nawa Shrine Nawa Nagatoshi Daisen , Tottori Prefecture Abeno Shrine Kitabatake Chikafusa , Kitabatake Akiie Abeno-ku, Osaka PrefectureFujishima Shrine Nitta Yoshisada Fukui, Fukui PrefectureYūki Shrine Yūki Munehiro Tsu, Mie PrefectureRyōzen Shrine Kitabatake Chikafusa , Kitabatake Akiie , Kitabatake Akinobu , Kitabatake Morichika Date, Fukushima PrefectureShijōnawate Shrine Kusunoki Masatsura Shijōnawate, Osaka PrefectureKitabatake Shrine Kitabatake Akiyoshi Tsu, Mie Prefecture
References Takashi Fujitani, Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). John S. Brownlee, Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods (UBC Press, 1999).