Tamasaki Jinja (玉前神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the town of Ichinomiya in Chōsei District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Kazusa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on September 13, and features kagura performances, which are listed as an Intangible Cultural Property of Chiba Prefecture[1][2]
| Tamasaki Jinja 玉前神社 | |
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 Haiden of Tamasaki Shrine
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Tamayori-hime no mikoto |
| Festival | September 13 |
| Location | |
| Location | 3048 Ichinomiya, Ichinomiya-machi, Chōsei-gun, Chiba-ken 299-4301 |
  Shown within Chiba Prefecture  Tamasaki Shrine (Japan) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°22′33.75″N 140°21′37.75″E / 35.3760417°N 140.3604861°E |
| Architecture | |
| Date established | unknown |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
 Glossary of Shinto | |
Enshrined kami edit
- Tamayori-hime (玉依姫命), the mother of Emperor Jimmu and daughter of the sea-dragon god Watatsumi
History edit
The origins of Tamasaki Jinja are unknown. The shrine is located in an area of the Bōsō Peninsula with a favorable climate, which has been settled since at least the Jōmon period. Shell middens and burial mounds are common in the area. Its earliest appearance unhistorical documentation is an entry date 868 in the Ruijū Kokushi followed by the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku in 877. The shrine is mentioned as the ichinomiya of Kazusa Province in the Engishiki records from the early Heian period. However, repeated fires and other disasters over the centuries have destroyed all of the old shrine records and buildings. The shrine was burned down in 1562 during a battle involving the Satomi clan and was rebuilt by the Satomi in 1587. Additional structures were donated by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1591 and the shrine reconstructed in 1687.[3] During the Meiji period, the shrine was designated as a Imperial shrine, 2nd rank (国幣中社, kokuhei-chūsha) under the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines.[4]
The shrine is located a seven-minute walk from Kazusa-Ichinomiya Station on the JR East Sotobō Line.[5]
Gallery edit
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Honden -
Precincts -
Kagura-den -
Ichi-no-torii
Cultural Properties edit
National Important Cultural Properties edit
- Bronze mirror (梅樹双雀鏡, Baijusōjakukyō), Kamakura period, designated National Important Cultural Property in 1953.[6] The mirror has a diameter of 20.5 cm and a thickness of 3.5 cm, and is made of cupronickel (an alloy of copper and tin). The two small holes on the edge are presumed to indicate that this mirror was once hung in front of the shrine as a shintai. On the reverse side is a design of running water with an old plum tree on the right and pampas grass to the left, with two sparrows plating on the trunk, which is bending left. This is an idealized spring scene typical of the Kamakura period.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- 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 edit
Media related to Tamasaki-jinja at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
Notes edit
- ^ Plutschow. Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan. Page 173
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 125.
- ^ Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.
- ^ "梅樹双雀鏡" [Baijusōjakukyō] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ "梅樹双雀鏡" [Baijusōjakukyō] (in Japanese). Chiba Prefecture Department of Education. Retrieved August 20, 2020.