Tokiwa Jinja

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Tokiwa Jinja

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Founded	1874
Address	1-3-1 Tokiwa-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken
Website	Homepage
Glossary of Shinto

Tokiwa Jinja (常磐神社) is a Shinto shrine adjacent to the gardens of Kairakuen in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. Founded in 1874, enshrined are Tokugawa Mitsukuni, second daimyō of the Mito Domain and compiler of Dai Nihonshi, and Tokugawa Nariaki, ninth lord and founder of the nearby Kōdōkan han school.^[1]^[2] In 1882 the shrine joined the ranks of the bekkaku kanpeisha (別格官幣社) or Imperial Shrines.^[3]^[4] The Tokiwa Jinja Reisai or annual festival is held on 12 May.^[5] A cannon and a drum have been designated as Cultural Properties by the city.^[6]

References

↑ "Tokiwa Jinja Shrine". Tokiwa Jinja. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
↑ "Tokiwa Shrine". Mito City. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
↑ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Modern shrine ranking system". Kokugakuin University. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
↑ "List of kanpeisha". Kokugakuin University. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
↑ "List of Annual Events - May". National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
↑ "Mito bunkazai". Mito City. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

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Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

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

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