Nishina Shinmei Shrine
Appearance
Nishina Shinmei Shrine (仁科神明宮, Nishina Shinmeigū) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Deity | Amaterasu |
Location | |
Geographic coordinates | 36°26′59.8″N 137°52′44.5″E / 36.449944°N 137.879028°E |
Architecture | |
Style | shinmei-zukuri, |
Date established | Kofun period |
Website | |
Official website | |
Glossary of Shinto |
Nishina Shinmei Shrine (仁科神明宮, Nishina Shinmeigū) is a
Ise Shrine, which shares the style and has been since antiquity rebuilt every twenty years. It was ranked as a Prefectural Shrine under the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines
.
This style is characterized by an extreme simplicity. Its basic features can be seen in Japanese architecture from the
ken or 1x1ken in size, has a raised floor, a gabled roof[2] with an entry on one the non-gabled sides (hirairi or hirairi-zukuri (平入・平入造)), no upward curve at the eaves, and purely decorative logs called chigi (vertical) and katsuogi (horizontal) protruding from the roof's ridge.[3]
Two of its structures, the Main Hall (本殿, National Treasures of Japan.
Notes
- ^ History and Typology of Shrine Architecture, Encyclopedia of Shinto accessed on November 29, 2009
- ^ A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall enclosed between the edges of a sloping roof.
- ^ JAANUS, Shinmei-zukuri accessed on December 1, 2009
References
- The Agency for Cultural Affairs (2008-11-01). 国指定文化財 データベース. Database of National Cultural Properties (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-04-16.
External links
Media related to Nishina-shinmeigū at Wikimedia Commons