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. The prefecture was named after lotus flowers.[1]

Karenkō Prefecture
花蓮港廳
Karenkō-chō
1909-1952

The Karenkō Prefecture government building
CapitalHualien City
Population 
• 1941
153,785
Historical eraTaiwan under Japanese rule
• Established
1909
• Disestablished
25 October 1945
28 April 1952
Political subdivisions1 city (市)
3 districts (郡)
Today part ofHualien County
Karenkō Prefecture

Population

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Total population 153,785
Japanese 20,914
Taiwanese 130,720
Korean 119
1941 (Showa 16) census.

Administrative divisions

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Map of part of Karenkō Prefecture (1944)

Cities and Districts

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

Cities (市 shi) Districts (郡 gun)
Name Kanji Kana Name Kanji Kana
Karenkō City 花蓮港市 かれんこうし Karen District 花蓮郡 かれんぐん
Hōrin District 鳳林郡 ほうりんぐん
Tamazato District 玉里郡 たまざとぐん

Towns and Villages

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

District Name Kanji Notes
Karen
花蓮郡
Yoshino village 吉野庄 Today Ji'an Township
Kotobuki village 壽庄 Today Shoufeng Township
Kenkai village 研海庄 Today Xincheng Township
Aboriginal Area 蕃地 Today Xiulin Township
Karenkō town 花蓮港街 Upgraded to a city in 1940. Today Hualien City
Hōrin
鳳林郡
Hōrin town 鳳林街 Today Fenglin Township and part of Guangfu Township
Mizuho village 瑞穗庄 Today Ruisui Township and part of Guangfu Township
Shinsha village 新社庄 Today Fengbin Township
Aboriginal Area 蕃地 Today Wanrong Township
Tamazato
玉里郡
Tamazato town 玉里街 Today Yuli Township
Tomizato village 富里庄 Today Fuli Township
Aboriginal Area 蕃地 Today Zhuoxi Township

Karenkō Shrine

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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

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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.

See also

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References

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  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. ^ 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