Imizu Shrine (
| Imizu Shrine | |
|---|---|
 Haiden of Imizu Shrine
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Ninigi |
| Festival | April 23 |
| Location | |
| Location | 1-1 Kojo, Takaoka-shi, Toyama-ken, Japan |
  Shown within Toyama Prefecture  Imizu Shrine (Japan) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 36°44′54.7″N 137°1′16.8″E / 36.748528°N 137.021333°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | shinmei-zukuri |
| Date established | pre-Nara period |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
Enshrined kami
editThe kami enshrined at Imizu Jinja is:
- Futagami-no-kami (
二上 神 ), which is identified with Ninigi-no-mikoto, and the ancestral spirit of the Imizu kuni no miyatsuko
History
editThe foundation of shrine is uncertain, but is believed to be from before the Nara period. According to shrine legend, Mount Futagami was worshipped as a sacred mountain since ancient times. In 717 AD, the wandering monk Gyōki visited the area, and built the temple of Yōrō-ji at the base of the mountain to subsume the mountain cult into Buddhism under shinbutsu-shūgō. The shrine first appears in documentary records in the 780 AD Shoku Nihongi, where it is recorded as having received the court rank equivalent of Lower 5th Rank, Junior grade. It was promoted to Lower 5th rank Senior grade per the 795 AD Nihon Kōki and to Senior 4th Rank senior grade per the 840 AD Shoku Nihon Kōki. In 854 AD, it was granted Junior 3rd Rank Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku, and in 859 AD advanced to Senior 3rd Rank per the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku.The name of the shrine appears in a poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū poetry anthology, which is another indication of its fame and status. Per the 927 AD Engishiki, the shrine is listed as the largest shrine is Izumi County of Etchū Province. The shrine was initially regarded as the Ni-no-miya of Etchū Province, and became the ichinomiya of the province when Noto Province was separated from Etchū, with the former ichinomiya, Keta Taisha, falling within the borders of Noto Province. The shrine burned down during the Jōhei era (931-937) AD, and never regained its former prominence. It was rebuilt in 1475 and destroyed again in the Sengoku period. After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, it was patronized by the Maeda clan and ancient yamabushi rituals were revived.[2]
Following the Meiji restoration, the shrine was deprived of its revenues under the shinbutsu bunri decrees and its Buddhist facilities quickly fell into ruin. With the establishment of State Shinto, the shrine was designated as a National shrine, 2nd rank (
The new shrine was destroyed in June 1900 during the Great Takaoka Fire, and was rebuilt in 1902. The current Shinmei-zukuri-style Honden dates from this time.
The shrine is located a 15-minute walk from Takaoka Station.[3]
Gallery
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Torii: -
Imizu Shrine in 1938 -
Imizu Shrine in 1909
See also
edit- List of Shinto shrines
- Ichinomiya
- Other shrines claiming to be Etchū Ichinomiya
References
edit- ^ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
- ^ a b Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.
- ^ Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.
External links
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