Takase Shrine

Torii at Takase Shrine

Takase Shrine (高瀬神社 Takase-jinja) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Nanto, Toyama.[1]

History

The shrine was established in the reign of Emperor Temmu[2]

This place is special to the kami named Takase-no-kami[3] or Ookuninushi no ookami (大国主神).[1]

Takase was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Etchū Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Toyama Prefecture. [4]

In the system of ranked Shinto shrines, Takase was listed among the third class of nationally significant shrines or Kokuhei Shōsha (国幣小社).

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Takase Jinja"; retrieved 2013-1-25.
  2. ↑ 歴史年表 (History Timeline) at Takase.or.ja; retrieved 2013-1-25.
  3. ↑ Pickens, Stuart D. B. (2004). Sourcebook in Shinto: Selected Documents, p. 371.
  4. ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2; retrieved 2013-1-25.

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Coordinates: 36°34′18.7″N 136°56′53.7″E / 36.571861°N 136.948250°E