Izushi jinja

Izushi jinja
出石神社
Izushi jinja
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Address 99, Miyauchi, Izushi-cho, Toyooka city
Phone 0796-52-4806 
Glossary of Shinto

Izushi jinja (出石神社?) is a Shinto shrine located in the west of Toyooka in Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan.[1]

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History

Historical records present conflicting narratives about the foundation of the shrine in the 1st century BC.[2] It was mentioned in the Kojiki and the Nihonshoki.[3]

Izushi was designated as the chief Shinto Shrine (ichinomiya) for the former Tajima province. [4] Ame no hiboko is enshrined.[5] A passage in the nihongi from the reign of Emperor Suinin mentions the "divine treasures of Izushi" (Izushi no kandakara) brought to Japan by Ame no hihoko.[6]

From 1871 through 1946, Izushi was officially designated one of the Kokuhei Chūsha (国幣中社?), meaning that it stood in the mid-range of ranked, nationally significant shrines.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964) Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, pp. 352-364.
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, pp. 360-361.
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, pp. 353-361.
  4. ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2.; retrieved 2011-08-010
  5. ^ Toyooka City web site, Museum, Cutural assets; Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ame no hiboko" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 27 at Google Books.
  6. ^ Encyclopedia of Shinto, Himoroji; retrieved 2011-08-10

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1 (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)