shrine's main building was built in 1927, as well as in his birthplace Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県萩市椿東1537). In 1888 Yoshida was enshrined into the Yasukuni Shrine and was posthumously awarded Senior Fourth Rank by 1889. Shoin University was named after him. There are two other universities whose names include Shoin in Japan, but they are unrelated to him. Hana Moyu is a 2015 Japanese television drama NHK Taiga drama series that premiered on January 4, 2015, and ended on December 13, 2015. The series starred Mao Inoue who portrayed Sugi Fumi, a younger sister of Yoshida Shōin. The role of Yoshida Shōin was played by actor Yūsuke Iseya. References National Geographic Magazine (June, 1984). Article Readers (1) Prof. Albert Craig; Harvard Yenching Institute, (2) Prof. History Dept., Kyoto University, (3) Prof. Thomas Huber, Duke University. External links Robert Louis Stevenson on Yoshida Shōin (Yoshida Torajirō) – see . Yoshida Shoin – Daily quotes in English and Japanese yoshida-shoin.com – About Yoshida Shoin (Japanese) http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CivilizationUnknown/id/1277 http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/91.html 1830 births 1859 deaths Japanese politicians People of Bakumatsu Meiji Restoration People executed by Japan by decapitation 19th-century executions by Japan Executed Japanese people People from Yamaguchi Prefecture People from Chōshū domain 19th-century Japanese philosophers 19th-century Japanese educators Deified Japanese people