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Watatsumi Shrine (海神社, Watatsumi Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tarumi-ku, Kobe.[1][2][3]: 7 It is said to have been founded by the legendary Empress Jingu (169–269 AD).[2][3]: 7 It is one of the three major shrines of Harima Province.[2] It has a festival on October 11.[2]
| Watatsumi Shrine | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Watatsumi |
| Website | |
| https://kaijinjya.main.jp/ | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
It is colloquially called Sea Shrine (海神社, Umi Jinja) due to that being a more common reading of the characters.[2] It is also read as Kai Shrine or called Tarumi Shrine.[3]: 7
History
editAccording to the shrine's legend, Empress Jingū was nearly shipwrecked when returning to Japan from a military conquest in Korea. She survived thanks to praying to Watatsumi, and made the shrine to honor him.[3]: 7 [2] There are 22 Watatsumi shrines in the region that claim to have been founded by her in these circumstances.[3]: 7 Ikasuri Shrine and Ikuta Shrine were both also made at the same time by the Empress.[2] The son of Tomomi no Sukune who accompanied the Empress on her expedition became the first priest of the shrine.[4]
In 806 AD, the shrine was financially supported by taxes from ten households.[2] It was listed as a Myojin Taisha, the highest rank of significant shrines in the 927 AD Engishiki.[5]
In the Edo Period it gained a lot of significance for the rulers of the Akashi Domain, who visited it every February.[2]
Originally its main Torii was located on the beach like Itsukushima Shrine, but due to land reclamation after WWII its torii is now a fair bit inland.[2]
Gallery
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Haiden of Watatsumi Shrine -
Haiden of Kai-jinja Shrine in Tarumi, Kobe -
Donation box -
Honden -
Torii -
Exterior view of Museum of Watatsumi Shrine -
Torii gates of Inari, Ebisu, Sarutahiko Shrines in Watatsumi Shrine -
Torii gate at Watatsumi Shrine -
Torii gate of Watatsumi Shrine -
View within Watatsumi Shrine -
Watatsumi Shrine grounds -
Haiden in Watatsumi Shrine -
Torii -
Torii -
Torii -
Large Torii similar to Itsukushima Shrine
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See also
edit- Kaijin Shrine which is sometimes also known as "Watatsumi Jinja"
- Shikaumi Shrine another major shrine to Watatsumi
- Watazumi Shrine
References
edit- ^ Ponsonby-Fane. Imperial, p. 127.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Watatsumi Shrine | 海神社 |Hyogo-ken, Kobe-shi". shintoshrines. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ a b c d e "The Romance of Kobe". www.forgottenbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, R. A. B. (2016-05-11). Studies In Shinto & Shrines (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 335. ISBN 978-1-138-98322-9.
- ^ Engi-shiki; Procedures of the Engi Era: Books VI-X. Sophia University. 1972.
Bibliography
edit- Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2363-4
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
- _______________. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449
- _______________. (1963). The Viciissitudes of Shinto. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 186605327
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