Toga Shrine

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Toga Shrine
砥鹿神社
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Religion
Affiliation Shinto
Deity Ōkuninushi no mikoto
FestivalMay 3-5
Location
LocationNishigakiuchi, Ichinomiya-cho, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi
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Toga Shrine
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Toga Shrine (Japan)
Geographic coordinates 34°50′51.59″N137°25′16.38″E / 34.8476639°N 137.4212167°E / 34.8476639; 137.4212167
Architecture
Date established Taihō period (701-704 AD)
Website
www.togajinja.or.jp
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Toga Shrine (砥鹿神社, Toga Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Toyokawa in eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Mikawa Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually from May 3 to May 5. Located on the borderland of Aichi with Shizuoka Prefecture, the summit of Mount Hongū 782 metres (2,566 ft) is a sacred mountain considered to be within the precincts of the shrine, and has a subsidiary chapel. [1]

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Enshrined kami

The kami enshrined at Toga Shrine is:

History

The origins of Toga Shrine are unknown. The shrine claims to have been founded in the Taihō period (701-704 AD) by Emperor Mommu. It is located in an area of eastern Mikawa with a favorable climate, which has been settled since at least the Jōmon period. One of the treasures of the shrine is a Yayoi period dōtaku bronze ritual object, possibly recovered from a burial mound in the area. The shrine first appears in historical documentation in the early Heian period Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku in an entry dated 850 and subsequently in the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku in an entry dated 864. The shrine is mentioned as the ichinomiya of Mikawa Province in the 927 Engishiki records. During the Sengoku period, it was battleground between the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the imagawa clan. It was given a small stipend of 100 koku by the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. [3] With the establishment of State Shinto after the Meiji restoration, the Toga Shrine was designated as a National Shrine, 3rd rank (国幣小社}, Kokuhei Shōsha ). [4] in the modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines.

The shrine is a five-minute walk from Mikawa-Ichinomiya Station on the JR East Iida Line

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN   978-4634150867.
  2. ↑ Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN   978-4582945614.
  3. ↑ Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN   978-4569669304.
  4. ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 125.

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