Izawa-no-miya

Izawa-no-miya 伊雑宮
Izawa-no-miya
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Amaterasu
Location
Location	Kaminogō, Isobe-cho, Shima-shi, Mie-ken
Shown within Mie Prefecture Show map of Mie Prefecture Izawa-no-miya (Japan) Show map of Japan
Geographic coordinates	34°22′49″N 136°48′32″E / 34.38028°N 136.80889°E / 34.38028; 136.80889
Architecture
Style	Shinmei-zukuri
Date established	unknown
Glossary of Shinto

Izawa-no-miya (伊雑宮) is a Shinto shrine in the Kaminogō neighborhood of Isobe in the city of Shima in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the two shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Shima Province. Together with the Takihara-no-miya (瀧原宮) in Taiki, it is one of the Amaterasu-Ōkami no Tonomiya (天照大神の遙宮), or external branches of the Inner Shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine.^[1]

Enshrined kami

The kami enshrined at Izawa-no-miya is:

• Amaterashimasusume-Ōkami-no-Mitama (天照坐皇大御神御魂), one of the mitama of the Sun Goddess

History

The origins of the Izawa-no-miya are unknown. According to the spurious

• 
  Purification spot
• 
  Ablution font
• 
  Torii
• 
  Sacred rice fields
• 
  Rice Planting festival
• 
  Rice Planting festival

See also

• List of Shinto shrines
• List of Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties
• Ichinomiya

References

• 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

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• Ise Shime Convention & Tourism official site
• Ise Jingu Official site(in Japanese)
• Prefecture Official tourist information site (in Japanese)

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