Masumida Shrine

Masumida Shrine 真清田神社
Haiden of Masumida Shrine
Information
Dedicated to	Amenoho no Akari no mikoto
Founded	unknown
Address	1-2-1, Masumida, Ichinomiya, Aichi 491-0043
Website	www.masumida.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Main gate of Masumida Shrine, Rōmon

Masumida Shrine (真清田神社, Masumida Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As the name of the city implies, the shrine is the ichinomiya of former Owari Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 3.

Enshrined kami

The primary kami of Masumida Jinja is Amenoho no Akari no mikoto ( 天火明命), who appears in the Kujiki as a descendant of Amaterasu, and the ancestor of the Owari clan, the prehistoric rulers of the area.

History

The date of Masumida Shrine’s foundation is unknown. Shrine tradition and the Kujiki records give the unlikely date of 628 BC. The shrine is mentioned s in the early Heian period Engishiki records and in the Yamato Takeru myth cycle. It has been styled as the ichinomiya of Owari Province since at least the end of the Heian period, and enjoyed the patronage of the Oda clan, and subsequently the Tokugawa shogunate until the end of the Edo period.

After the Meiji Restoration, it was granted the rank of Kokuhei Chūsha (2nd rank National Shrine) under State Shinto in 1875.^[1]

The shrine preserves a number of National Important Cultural Properties of Japan, including:

12 wooden kagura masks, ten from the Kamakura period, two from the Muromachi period, donation from Juntoku Tenno
25 lacquer trays and bowls, dated 1457
22 ceremonial bronze bowls and plates, dated 1574

References

Plutschow, Herbe. (1996). Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon.ISBN 1-873-41063-8
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887

External links

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Masumida Shrine (Official site)

Notes

↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 125.

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

Coordinates: 35°18′27″N 136°48′07″E / 35.30750°N 136.80194°E / 35.30750; 136.80194

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