Shinto shrine
A Stuart D. B. Picken, 1994. p. xxiii is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami, , the deities of the Shinto religion.
The Also called the . is where a shrine's patron is or are enshrined.Iwanami Japanese dic ...
in the Kawai-cho neighborhood of the city of ÅŒda in
Shimane Prefecture
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,
Japan
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. It is the ''
ichinomiya
is a Japanese language, Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a Provinces of Japan, province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth.''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retr ...
'' of former
Iwami Province
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Shimane Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Iwami bordered Aki, Bingo, Izumo, Nagato, and SuÅ provinces.
In the Heian period (794–1192) the capital was at moder ...
. The main festivals of the shrine are held annually on January 7 and on November 24.
Enshrined ''kami''
The ''
kami
are the Deity, deities, Divinity, divinities, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of Japan. ''Kami'' can be elements of the landscape, forc ...
'' enshrined at Mononobe Jinja are:
* , the founder of the
Mononobe clan
The was a Japanese aristocratic kin group (''uji'') of the Kofun period, known for its military opposition to the Soga clan. The Mononobe were opposed to the spread of Buddhism, partly on religious grounds, claiming that the local deities wo ...
and god of rituals
* , the father of Umashimazu
* , a spirit sword
* , one of the godson creation
* , the Sun goddess
History
The origins of Mononobe Jinja are unknown. According to the shrine's legend, Umashimaji, the son of Nigihayahi, helped
Emperor Jimmu
was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the and . His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.Kelly, Charles F"Kofun Culture"Mino and
Koshi Province
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, eventually dying in Iwami. He was buried in a ''
kofun
are megalithic tombs or tumulus, tumuli in Northeast Asia. ''Kofun'' were mainly constructed in the Japanese archipelago between the middle of the 3rd century to the early 7th century AD.岡田裕之「å‰æ–¹å¾Œå††å¢³ã€ã€Žæ—¥æœ¬å¤ä»£å²å¤§è¾ž ...
'' on Mount Yaoyama, behind the current shrine, and in 514,
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyÅ (modern Kyoto). means in Japanese. It is a ...
list it as only a small shrine. However, it was regarded as the ''
ichinomiya
is a Japanese language, Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a Provinces of Japan, province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth.''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retr ...
'' of the province from this time. The hereditary ''
kannushi
, also called , is the common term for a member of the clergy at a responsible for maintaining the shrine and leading worship of the there.* ''Kannushi'' (in Japanese), Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version The chara ...
'' of this shrine, the Kaneko family, were one of only 14 priestly families to hold a
noble title
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and held the rank of ''danshaku'' (baron) under the ''
kazoku
The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. It was formed by merging the feudal lords (''Daimyo, daimyÅ'') and court nobles (''kuge'') into one system modelled after the British peerage. Distin ...
'' peerage.
During the
Meiji period
The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonizatio ...
era of
State Shinto
was Empire of Japan, Imperial Japan's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto. The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for Kannushi, priests to strongly encourage Shinto practices that ...
, the shrine was rated as a under the
Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines
Modern may refer to:
History
*Modern history
** Early Modern period
** Late Modern period
*** 18th century
*** 19th century
*** 20th century
** Contemporary history
* Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century
Philos ...
.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' pp. 125.
The shrine is located ten-minutes by car from
ÅŒdashi Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of ÅŒda, Shimane, ÅŒda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
ÅŒdashi Station is served by the JR West San'in Main Line, and is located ...
on the
JR West
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...
Sanin Main Line
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Cultural Properties
*
Tachi
A is a type of sabre-like traditionally made Japanese sword (''nihonto'') worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. ''Tachi'' and '' uchigatana'' ("''katana''") generally differ in length, degree of curvature, and how they were worn when she ...
, Japanese sword,
Kamakura period
The is a period of History of Japan, Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura by the first ''shÅgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the G ...
, signed "Ryokai", who was a master of the Yamashiro school. The sword has a length of 64.5 cm, and was donated to the shrine by
ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka
was the ''daimyÅ'' of SuÅ Province and the head of the ÅŒuchi clan, succeeding ÅŒuchi Yoshioki.
In 1522, he fought the Amago clan along with his father, Yoshioki, to win the control of Aki Province. Upon Yoshioki's death in 1528, Yoshit ...
in 1542
Gallery
Mononobe Jinja - 2022 Jan 3 various 14 20 20 393000.jpeg, Entry to the shine
Mononobe jinja Haiden.JPG, Haiden, built in 1938
Mononobe jinja Honden.JPG, Honden, built in 1753, remodeled in 1856 (Shimane Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property)
Tomb of God.JPG, Kofun containing tomb of
See also
*
List of Shinto shrines
For lists of Shinto shrines, see:
* List of Shinto shrines in Japan
** List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
* List of Shinto shrines outside Japan
** List of Shinto shrines in Taiwan
** List of Shinto shrines in the United States
See also
* List of ...
*
Ichinomiya
is a Japanese language, Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a Provinces of Japan, province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth.''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retr ...