Ichinomiya Shrine (Tokushima)

Ichinomiya Jinja
一宮神社
Ichinomiya Jinja
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityŌgetsu-hime -no-Mikoto; Ohirume no Mikoto
FestivalOctober 18
Location
Location237 Nishicho, Ichinomiya-cho, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken
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Geographic coordinates34°2′16.1″N 134°27′45.5″E / 34.037806°N 134.462639°E / 34.037806; 134.462639
Architecture
Architectural stylenagare-zukuri
Date establishedlate Heian period
Glossary of Shinto

Ichinomiya Shrine (一宮神社, Ichinomiya-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It claims to be the ichinomiya (head shrine) of the old Awa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on October 18.[1]

In the Engishiki Jinmyōchō it is a Myōjin Taisha.

Worshipped gods

The gods worshipped at the shrine are

  • Ōgetsu-hime -no-Mikoto (大宜都比売命), the goddess of food
  • Ohirume no Mikoto (八倉比売命), also known as Amaterasu Ōmikami

References

  • Plutschow, Herbe. Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (1996) ISBN 1-873410-63-8
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887

Notes

  1. ↑ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.

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