Karenkō Prefecture Explained

Conventional Long Name:Karenkō Prefecture
Common Name:Karenkō
Subdivision:Prefecture
Nation:Empire of Japan
Status Text:Karenkō-chō
Capital:Hualien City
Life Span:1909-1952
Image Map Caption:The Karenkō Prefecture government building
Year Start:1909
Date End:25 October
Year End:1945
Date Post:28 April 1952
Event Post:Treaty of San Francisco
Stat Year1:1941
Stat Pop1:153785
Political Subdiv:1 city (市)
3 districts (郡)
Today:Hualien County

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]

Population

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

Administrative divisions

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

See 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.

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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Morris, Andrew D. . Japanese Taiwan: Colonial Rule and its Contested Legacy . 2015-07-30 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-4725-7673-6 . 100–103 . en.