The Karenkō Prefecture government building
Karenkō Prefecture

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

Population

Total population153,785
Japanese20,914
Taiwanese130,720
Korean119
1941 (Showa 16) census.

Administrative divisions

Map of part of Karenkō Prefecture (1944)

Cities and Districts

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

Cities (市 shi)Districts (郡 gun)
NameKanjiKanaNameKanjiKana
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

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

DistrictNameKanjiNotes
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

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.

See also

References

  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, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, vol. 14, 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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