Enoshima Shrine

Enoshima Jinja
江島神社

Zuisinmon
Information
Founded 552
Address 2-3-8, Enoshima, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Website <span%20class="languageicon"%20style="font-size:0.95em;%20font-weight:bold;%20color:#555;">(Japanese) www.enoshimajinja.or.jp/index.html<span%20class="languageicon"%20style="font-size:0<wbr/>.95em;%20font-weight:bold;%20color:#555;">(Japanese)</span>
Glossary of Shinto
Okutsuno-miya (奧津宮)

Enoshima Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Enoshima, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of the kami Benten.[1] Enoshima-jinja consists of three shrines, Hetsuno-miya, Nakatsuno-miya and Okutsuno-miya.

Per legend, 12th century Japanese ruler Hojo Tokimasa visited the shrine to pray for prosperity, and there received a prophecy from a mysterious woman, who also left behind three scales, which became his family crest.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ono, S.; Woodard, W.P.; Sakamoto, S. (2004). Shinto the Kami Way. Tuttle Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 9780804835572. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
  2. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=vhAZEZD7weoC&pg=PA51&dq=%22Enoshima+Shrine%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=McewUZziHPHI4APli4HoDA&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Enoshima%20Shrine%22&f=false[]

Coordinates: 35°18′02″N 139°28′47″E / 35.30056°N 139.47972°E