Masumida Shrine

Masumida Shrine
真清田神社

Haiden of Masumida Shrine
Information
Dedicated to Amenoho no Akari no mikoto
Founded unknown
Address 1-2-1, Masumida, Ichinomiya, Aichi 491-0043
Website www.masumida.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto
Main gate of Masumida Shrine, Rōmon

Masumida Shrine (真清田神社, Masumida Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As the name of the city implies, the shrine is the ichinomiya of former Owari Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 3.

Enshrined kami

The primary kami of Masumida Jinja is Amenoho no Akari no mikoto (天火明命), who appears in the Kujiki as a descendant of Amaterasu, and the ancestor of the Owari clan, the prehistoric rulers of the area.

History

The date of Masumida Shrine’s foundation is unknown. Shrine tradition and the Kujiki records give the unlikely date of 628 BC. The shrine is mentioned s in the early Heian period Engishiki records and in the Yamato Takeru myth cycle. It has been styled as the ichinomiya of Owari Province since at least the end of the Heian period, and enjoyed the patronage of the Oda clan, and subsequently the Tokugawa shogunate until the end of the Edo period.

After the Meiji Restoration, it was granted the rank of Kokuhei Chūsha (2nd rank National Shrine) under State Shinto in 1875.[1]

The shrine preserves a number of National Important Cultural Properties of Japan, including:

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 125.

Coordinates: 35°18′27″N 136°48′07″E / 35.30750°N 136.80194°E / 35.30750; 136.80194


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