Takebe taisha

Takebe taisha
建部大社

Takebe taisha
Takebe taisha
建部大社
Location within Japan
Information
Dedicated to Yamato Takeru
Ōkuninmushi no Mikoto
Reisai Reitaisai (15 April)
Honden style Nagare-zukuri
Address 16-1, Jinryō 1-chōme
Ōtsu, Shiga
Coordinates 34°58′24.6″N 135°54′48.62″E / 34.973500°N 135.9135056°E / 34.973500; 135.9135056
Website takebetaisha.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Takebe taisha (建部大社) is a Shinto shrine located at Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is also known in Japanese (esp. formerly) as Takebe-jinja (建部神社?) .[1]

History

The shrine was established in the 43rd year of the reign of the legendary Emperor Keiko, shortly after the death of his son Yamato Takeru.[2]

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period and it was accorded some attention during the Kamakura period; however, the Shrine was amongst the many which failed to prosper during the difficult years of the Sengoku period.[3]

Takebe was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the former Ōmi province. [6]

From 1871 through 1946, the Takebe was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社),[7] meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines which were especially venerated by the imperial family.

Festivals

Annual festivals at Takebe include modern events like the Reisai in mid-April[8] and older rites such as

See also

Notes

  1. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964). Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, pp. 308–323.
  2. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964). Visiting Shrines, p. 313.
  3. Ponsonby-Fane, Visiting Shrines, pp. 320-321.
  4. Ponsonby-Fane, Visiting Shrines, p. 316.
  5. 1 2 3 Ponsonby-Farne, Visiting Shrines, p. 321.
  6. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1.; retrieved 2011-08-09
  7. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124.
  8. Ponsonby-Farne, Visiting Shrines, p. 322.
  9. Ponsonby-Farne, Visiting Shrines, pp. 322-323.
  10. Ponsonby-Farne, Visiting Shrines, p. 323.
  11. Ponsonby-Farne, Visiting Shrines, pp. 323-324.

References

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