Atsuta Shrine
| Atsuta Shrine 熱田神宮 | |
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 The haiden, or prayer hall, 2019 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Atsuta no Ōkami Amaterasu Susanoo Yamato TakeruAtsuta Shrine Miyazu-hime Takeinadane |
| Festival | Atsuta-sai; June 5th |
| Type | Chokusaisha Beppyo jinja, Shikinaisya Owari no Kuni sannomiya (Former kanpeitaisha) |
| Location | |
| Location | 1-1-1, Jingu, Atsuta-ku Nagoya, Aichi 456-8585 |
  Shown within Japan | |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°07′39″N 136°54′30″E / 35.12750°N 136.90833°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural style | Shinmei-zukuri |
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 Glossary of Shinto | |
Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮, Atsuta-jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Japan.
Priests say it was founded when Emperor Keikō (71-130) ruled Japan. It is in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. People call it Atsuta-Sama (Venerable Atsuta) or simply as Miya (the Shrine).
It is a very important shrine, it is ranked near Grand Shrine of Ise the most important Shinto Shrine.[1]
The complx is very big 200,000-square-metre (2,200,000 sq ft). 9 million people visit it every year.[1]
Some priests of the shrine come from the Owari clan.[2]: 434 Others come from the Fujiwara clan.[3] The Owari clan founded the shrine, but the Fujiwara clan are the current main priests.[3]
The mythical sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi is kept at this shrine.[4]
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Nobunaga-Bei -
The shrine's torii -
The shrine's treasure hall Bunkaden -
Kusanagi Square
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Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atsuta-jingū org: Archived June 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine "Introduction." Archived April 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, R. A. B. (2016-05-11). "Atsuta Jingu". Studies In Shinto & Shrines (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-98322-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ota, Akira (1942). Seishi Kakei Daijiten (姓氏家系大辞典). Vol. 1. Kokuminsha. pp. 1038–1051. OCLC 21114789.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 435.
References[change | change source]
- Iwao, Seiichi, Teizō Iyanaga, Susumu Ishii and Shôichirô Yoshida. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-1575-1; OCLC 51096469
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 3994492
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Atsuta Shrine at Wikimedia Commons
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