Izawa-no-miya (伊雑宮) is a Shinto shrine in the Kaminogō neighborhood of Isobe in the city of Shima in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the two shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Shima Province. Together with the Takihara-no-miya (瀧原宮) in Taiki, it is one of the Amaterasu-Ōkami no Tonomiya (天照大神の遙宮), or external branches of the Inner Shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine.[1]

Izawa-no-miya
伊雑宮
Izawa-no-miya Map
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityAmaterasu
Location
LocationKaminogō, Isobe-cho, Shima-shi, Mie-ken
Izawa-no-miya is located in Mie Prefecture
Izawa-no-miya
Shown within Mie Prefecture
Izawa-no-miya is located in Japan
Izawa-no-miya
Izawa-no-miya (Japan)
Geographic coordinates34°22′49″N 136°48′32″E / 34.38028°N 136.80889°E / 34.38028; 136.80889
Architecture
StyleShinmei-zukuri
Date establishedunknown
Glossary of Shinto

Enshrined kami

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The kami enshrined at Izawa-no-miya is:

History

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The origins of the Izawa-no-miya are unknown. According to the spurious Kamakura period Yamatohime Seki (倭姫命世記), the shrine was founded by PrincessYamato, the daughter of Emperor Suinin and first saiō of the Ise Grand Shrine, who sought a place of sacrifice further east from Ise, and this was the only land in the area with rice fields. While this legend is unsupported, the earliest mention of the shrine is in the 804 Kotai Jingu Ceremony Book (皇太神宮儀式帳, Kōtaijingū Gishikichō) and the 927 Engishiki records. The shrine was looted and burned down by forces from Kumano shrine during the Genpei War in 1180. During the Edo Period, the priests of this shrine forged a document attempting the "prove" that their shrine was the original Ise Grand Shrine and that the existing Ise Grand Shrine was an imposter. During the Meiji period era of State Shinto, the shrine was regarded as a part of Ise Grand Shrine and was not given a rank under the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines.[2]

The sacred rice planting ceremony held annually on June 24 is considered to be one of Japan's three major rice planting festivals, along with Katori Jingu and Sumiyoshi Taisha. The ceremony became a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1990.[3]

The shrine is located a five-minute walk from Kaminogō Station on the Kintetsu Shima Line.[4]

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See also

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References

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  • 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
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Notes

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  1. ^ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
  2. ^ Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.
  3. ^ "磯部の御神田" [Isobe no Mikamida] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.