Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka)

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Hikawa Shrine (氷川神社, Hikawa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. In Tokyo, it is the best known of the 59 branch shrines of the Hikawa jinja,[1] which was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the former Musashi Province. [2]

Hikawa Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
Location
Location6-10-12, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-0052
Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka) is located in Japan
Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka)
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates35°40′5.57″N 139°44′8″E / 35.6682139°N 139.73556°E / 35.6682139; 139.73556
Architecture
FounderTokugawa Yoshimune
Date established1730
Website
www.akasakahikawa.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

History edit

The shrine structures were constructed in 1730 under the patronage of Tokugawa Yoshimune. This became Yoshimune's personal shrine.[3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hikawa-jinja" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 311, p. 311, at Google Books.
  2. ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3. Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-08-09
  3. ^ Rudranath, Jay Navok et al. (2005). Warriors of Legend: Reflections of Japan in Sailor Moon, p. 50., p. 50, at Google Books
Hikawa Shrine, 2021

References edit

  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • Rei Hino,s (Hino Rei),(Sailor Mars) Residence in Sailor Moon.

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