Ichinomiya

Ichinomiya (一宮いちのみや, also 一いちの宮みや or 一之宮いちのみや, first shrine) is a Japanese term for the chief Shinto shrines in each of the pre-modern provinces.^[1]

The ichinomiya are the shrines with the highest shrine rank in an area.^[2] Shrines of the lower rank are called ninomiya (二宮にのみや, second), sannomiya (三宮さんのみや, third), shinomiya (四宮しのみや, fourth), and so forth.

History[change | change source]

When prefectures were established in the Meiji period, the old system of provincial ichinomiya was not changed. Each new prefecture had one or more ichinomiya.^[3]

List of shrines[change | change source]

Region	Province	Shrine		Location
Region	Province	Name	Kanji	Location
Kinai	Yamashiro	Kamo-jinja	賀茂かも神社じんじゃ	Kyoto, Kyoto
	Yamato	Ōmiwa Shrine	大神神社おおみわじんじゃ	Sakurai, Nara
	Kawachi	Hiraoka Shrine	枚まい岡おか神社じんじゃ	Higashiosaka, Osaka
	Izumi	Ōtori taisha	大鳥おおとり大社たいしゃ	Sakai, Osaka
	Settsu	Sumiyoshi-taisha	住吉すみよし大社たいしゃ	Osaka, Osaka
Tōkaidō	Iga	Aekuni Shrine	敢国神社じんじゃ	Iga, Mie
	Ise	Tsubaki Grand Shrine	椿つばき大だい神社じんじゃ	Suzuka, Mie
	Ise	Tsubaki Jinja / Nakato Jinja	都と波は岐神社しゃ・奈加等とう神社じんじゃ	Suzuka, Mie
	Shima	Izawa-no-miya	伊い雑ざつ宮みや	Shima, Mie
	Shima	Izawa-jinja	伊い射しゃ波は神社じんじゃ	Toba, Mie
	Owari	Masumida Shrine	真清田ますみだ神社じんじゃ	Ichinomiya, Aichi
	Mikawa	Toga Shrine	砥とぎ鹿しか神社じんじゃ	Toyokawa, Aichi
	Tōtōmi	Kotonomama Hachiman-gū	事こと任にん八幡宮はちまんぐう	Kakegawa, Shizuoka
	Tōtōmi	Oguni Jinja	小国おぐに神社じんじゃ	Shūchi-gun, Shizuoka
	Suruga	Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha	浅間あさま神社じんじゃ	Fujinomiya, Shizuoka
	Izu	Mishima Taisha	三嶋みしま大社たいしゃ	Mishima, Shizuoka
	Kai	Ichinomiya Asama Shrine (Fuefuki)	浅間あさま神社じんじゃ	Fuefuki, Yamanashi
	Kai	Ichinomiya Sengen Shrine	浅間あさま神社じんじゃ	Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi
	Sagami	Samukawa Shrine	寒川さむかわ神社じんじゃ	Kōza-gun, Kanagawa
	Musashi	Hikawa-jinja	氷川神社ひかわじんじゃ	Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
	Musashi	Ono Shrine	小野おの神社じんじゃ	Tama, Tokyo
	Awa	Awa Shrine	安房あわ神社じんじゃ	Tateyama, Chiba
	Awa	Susaki Shrine	洲崎すざき神社じんじゃ	Tateyama, Chiba
	Kazusa	Tamasaki Shrine	玉前たまさき神社じんじゃ	Ichinomiya, Chōsei-gun, Chiba
	Shimōsa	Katori Jingū	香取かとり神宮じんぐう	Katori, Chiba
	Hitachi	Kashima Jingū	鹿島かしま神宮じんぐう	Kashima, Ibaraki
Tōsandō	Ōmi	Takebe taisha	建部たけべ大社たいしゃ	Ōtsu, Shiga
	Mino	Nangū Taisha	南宮なんぐう大社たいしゃ	Fuwa-gun, Gifu
	Hida	Minashi Shrine	飛騨ひだ一宮いちのみや水無みずなし神社じんじゃ	Takayama, Gifu
	Shinano	Suwa-taisha	諏訪すわ大社たいしゃ	Suwa, Nagano
	Kōzuke	Nukisaki Shrine	一之宮いちのみや貫ぬき前ぜん神社じんじゃ	Tomioka, Gunma
	Shimotsuke	Futarasan jinja	日光にっこう二荒ふたあら山さん神社じんじゃ	Nikkō, Tochigi
	Shimotsuke	Utsunomiya Futarayama Jinja	宇都宮うつのみや二荒ふたあら山さん神社じんじゃ	Utsunomiya, Tochigi
	Mutsu	Tsutsukowake Shrine	都みやこ都と古和こわ気き神社じんじゃ	Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima
	Mutsu	Shiogama Jinja	鹽竈しおがま神社じんじゃ	Shiogama, Miyagi
	Dewa	Ōmonoimi-jinja	大だい物忌ものいみ神社じんじゃ	Akumi-gun, Yamagata
Hokurikudō	Wakasa	Wakasahiko Shrine	若狭わかさ彦神社しゃ	Obama, Fukui
	Echizen	Kehi Shrine	氣比けひ神宮じんぐう	Tsuruga, Fukui
	Kaga	Shirayama Hime Shrine	白山はくさん比ひ咩神社しゃ	Hakusan, Ishikawa
	Noto	Keta Taisha	気き多大ただい社しゃ	Hakui, Ishikawa
	Etchū	Takase Shrine	高瀬たかせ神社じんじゃ	Nanto, Toyama
		Keta Jinja	気き多た神社じんじゃ	Takaoka, Toyama
		Oyama Shrine [ja; simple]	雄山おやま神社じんじゃ	Nakaniikawa-gun, Toyama
		Imizu Jinja	射水いみず神社じんじゃ	Takaoka, Toyama
	Echigo	Yahiko Shrine	彌彦やひこ神社じんじゃ	Nishikanbara-gun, Niigata
		Kota-jinja	居い多た神社じんじゃ	Jōetsu, Niigata
		Amatsu Shrine	天津てんしん神社じんじゃ	Itoigawa, Niigata
	Sado	Watatsu Shrine	度ど津つ神社じんじゃ	Sado, Niigata
San'indō	Tamba	Izumo-daijingū	出雲いずも大神宮だいじんぐう	Kameoka, Kyōto
	Tango	Kono Shrine	籠かご神社じんじゃ	Miyazu, Kyōto
	Tajima	Izushi Shrine	出石いずし神社じんじゃ	Toyooka, Hyōgo
	Tajima	Awaga-jinja	粟鹿あわが神社じんじゃ	Asago, Hyōgo
	Inaba	Ube shrine	宇倍神社じんじゃ	Tottori, Tottori
	Hōki	Shitori-jinja	倭文しず神社じんじゃ	Tottori
	Izumo	Izumo-taisha	出雲いずも大社たいしゃ	Izumo, Shimane
	Iwami	Mononobe-jinja	物部ものべ神社じんじゃ	Ōda, Shimane
	Oki	Mizuwakasu Shrine	水みず若わか酢す神社じんじゃ	Oki-gun, Shimane
	Oki	Yurahime Shrine	由良ゆら比ひ女神めがみ社しゃ	Oki-gun, Shimane
San'yōdō	Harima	Iwa Shrine	伊和いわ神社じんじゃ	Shisō, Hyōgo
	Mimasaka	Nakayama Shrine	中山なかやま神社じんじゃ	Tsuyama, Okayama
	Bizen	Kibitsuhiko Shrine	吉備津きびつ彦神社しゃ	Okayama, Okayama
	Bitchū	Kibitsu jinja	吉備津きびつ神社じんじゃ	Okayama, Okayama
	Bingo	Kibitsu-jinja	吉備津きびつ神社じんじゃ	Fukuyama, Hiroshima
	Aki	Itsukushima Shrine	厳島いつくしま神社じんじゃ	Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
	Suō	Tamanooya jinja	玉たま祖神そしん社しゃ	Hōfu, Yamaguchi
	Nagato	Sumiyoshi-jinja	住吉すみよし神社じんじゃ	Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
Nankaidō	Kii	Hinokuma/Kunikakasu jingū	日前ひくま神宮じんぐう・國くに懸かか神宮じんぐう	Wakayama, Wakayama
		Niutsuhime Shrine	丹生にゅう都と比ひ売うり神社じんじゃ	Katsuragi, Wakayama
		Itakiso Jinja	伊太いた祁曽神社じんじゃ	Wakayama, Wakayama
	Awaji	Izanagi Jingū	伊い弉諾神宮じんぐう	Awaji, Hyōgo
	Awa	Ōasahiko Shrine	大麻たいま比ひ古こ神社じんじゃ	Naruto, Tokushima
	Awa	Ichinomiya Shrine	一宮いちのみや神社じんじゃ	Tokushima, Tokushima
	Sanuki	Tamura jinja	田村たむら神社じんじゃ	Takamatsu, Kagawa
	Iyo	Ōyamazumi jinja	大だい山祇やまずみ神社じんじゃ	Imabari, Ehime
	Tosa	Tosa jinja	土佐とさ神社じんじゃ	Kōchi, Kōchi
Saikaidō	Chikuzen	Sumiyoshi jinja	住吉すみよし神社じんじゃ	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
	Chikuzen	Hakozaki Shrine	筥崎宮はこざきぐう	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
	Chikugo	Kōra taisha	高良こうら大社たいしゃ	Kurume, Fukuoka
	Buzen	Usa Jingū	宇佐うさ神宮じんぐう	Usa, Ōita
	Bungo	Sasamuta-jinja	西にし寒さむ多た神社じんじゃ	Ōita, Ōita
	Bungo	Yusuhara Hachiman-gū	柞原くばら八幡宮はちまんぐう	Ōita, Ōita
	Hizen	Yodohime jinja [simple]	河上かわかみ神社じんじゃ	Saga, Saga
	Hizen	Chikuri Hachiman-gū	千せん栗ぐり八幡宮はちまんぐう	Miyaki, Saga
	Higo	Aso Shrine	阿蘇あそ神社じんじゃ	Aso, Kumamoto
	Hyūga	Tsuno Shrine	都農つの神社じんじゃ	Tsuno, Miyazaki
	Ōsumi	Kagoshima Shrine	鹿児島かごしま神宮じんぐう	Kirishima, Kagoshima
	Satsuma	Hirakiki jinja	枚まい聞神社しゃ	Ibusuki, Kagoshima
	Satsuma	Nitta Shrine (Satsumasendai City)	新田にった八幡宮はちまんぐう	Satasumasendai, Kagoshima
	Iki	Amanotanagao Shrine	天てん手しゅ長男ちょうなん神社じんじゃ	Iki, Nagasaki
	Tsushima	Kaijin Shrine	海神わたつみ神社じんじゃ	Tsushima, Nagasaki

References[change | change source]

↑ "Ichi no miya/Sōja," Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-8-24.
↑ The provincial ichinomiya sometimes became place names, such as the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi.
↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," pp. 1-3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-8-23.

Other websites[change | change source]

National Association of Ichinomiya website (in Japanese)

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[1] "Ichi no miya/Sōja," Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Shinto; retrieved 2012-8-24.

[2] The provincial ichinomiya sometimes became place names, such as the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi.

[3] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," pp. 1-3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-8-23.

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