Minashi Shrine

Minashi Shrine
水無神社
Minashi Shrine; 水無神社
	Minashi Shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Toshigami
Festival	May 2
Location
Location	Takayama-shi, Gifu-ken 502-0071 Japan
	Shown within Gifu Prefecture Minashi Shrine (Japan)
Geographic coordinates	36°05′7.10″N 137°15′6.7″E / 36.0853056°N 137.251861°E
Architecture
Date established	9th century
Website
	Official website
	Glossary of Shinto

Hida-Ichinomiya Minashi Shrine (飛騨一宮水無神社, Hida Ichinomiya Minashi Jinja), commonly: Minashi Shrine (水無神社, Minashi Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of the former Hida Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on May 2.^[1]

Enshrined kami

The primary kami enshrined at Minashi Jinja is:

Toshigami (御歳大神), the god of the year.

History

There are no official records marking the construction of the shrine; however, during the reign of Emperor Seiwa (858–878), the shrine appears in official records and was given Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade court rank. The shrine is listed in the Engishiki records. During the Kamakura period, it was referred toes the "Minashi Dai-gongen" and in the Muromachi period as the "Minashi Myōjin" or the "Minashi Hachiman". During the Meiji period era of State Shinto, the shrine was designated as a National shrine, 3rd rank (国幣小社, Kokuhei Shosha) under the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines from 1871. From 1874 to 1877, Shimazaki Masaki, the father of author Shimazaki Tōson and model for the main character of his seminal work Before the Dawn was the kannushi of this shrine.^[2]

Because of the bombing of Nagoya in World War II, Minashi Shrine served as a refuge for Atsuta Shrine's Kusanagi from August 21 to September 19, 1945.

The shrine is located an eight-minute walk from Hida-Ichinomiya Station on the JR Central Takayama Main Line.^[3]

Gallery

Approach
Precincts
Memorial to Shimazaki Masaki

References

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

External links

Media related to Minashi Shrine at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

Notes

^ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
^ Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.
^ Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.

[1] Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.

[Yoshiki-2] Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.

[Okada-3] Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.

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