Talk:Tsurugaoka Hachimangū

Hi, Tenmei. You wrote that the impoverishment of Tsurugaoka Hachiman was an unintended consequence of the government policy. You surely know more about the subject than me, but still it seems to me the effect was intentional: the Meiji government wanted to weaken and damage Buddhism. I feel the fact that to do that they had to damage what was also a shrine was simply a price they knew they had to pay. I would delete that adjective. What do you think? urashimataro (talk) 02:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Urashimataro -- Yes, I take your point. You are undoubtedly correct. I have tried to re-write this "cultural heritage" section; but if it is still making you a bit uncomfortable, please have no hesitation about editing the text. I can't spend any more time on this right now, but I will return to it in a couple of hours.

Again, please don't hesitate to edit anything I've written here or elsewhere. --Tenmei (talk) 22:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Tenmei. I did modify what you wrote. The second part didn't seem pertinent in an article about Tsurugaoka Hachiman. Take care, and thanks for the collaborative spirit.

Urashimataro -- Perhaps this doesn't need to be added at this point. If you revert my most recent edit, I won't dispute your judgment; however, I wonder if, at some point in the future, the article might be improved by encompassing:

• 1868 -- The Shinto and Buddhism Separation Order causes specific changes at Tsurugaoka Hanicman Shrine and elsewhere.
• 1869 -- Emperor Meiji would create the [[nihongo|Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo|東京大学史料編纂所|Tokyo daigaku shiryō hensan-jo}} in an attempt to preserve the fragmented written record of Japanese history.
• 1897 -- The Law for the Preservation of Ancient Shrines and Temples was enacted in an attempt to preserve the structures and objects which comprise a cultural patrimony.

Although many of the early Meiji reforms were carefully conceived, a somewhat different set of conclusions attend a 21st century assessment of those changes made at Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in the period from 1868 through 1897. Today's scholars now consider factors which were unforeseen or under-appreciated in 1868. --Tenmei (talk) 00:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

There appears to be a discrepancies amongst credible sources about the precise date of Sanetomo's assassination in 1219. For further discussion, see Talk: Minamoto no Sanetomo#Assassination#Romanization of name and specific date of event. --Tenmei (talk) 17:40, 3 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Discrepancies problem solved (see footnotes).

urashimataro (talk) 23:44, 13 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

The article states that the shrine has two museums. What are those two museums??? If the "Museum of Modern Art" and the Kamakura Museum of National Treasures are meant here, the sentence should be changed to two museums are located on the shrine's grounds (or something like that) since as far as I know, these museums are not part of the shrine. bamse (talk) 10:23, 3 June 2009 (UTC)Reply