Sumiyoshi Shrine (Iki City)

Coordinates: 33°47′18″N 129°42′23″E / 33.78825°N 129.70648°E / 33.78825; 129.70648
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Sumiyoshi Shrine
Honden
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeitySumiyoshi sanjin
Glossary of Shinto

Sumiyoshi Shrine (Iki City) is a Shinto shrine located on Iki Island in Japan.[1][2] It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.[3]

In 927 it was listed as a

Myojin Taisha in the Engishiki.[4]

It is a branch shrine of Sumiyoshi-taisha.[5] A shrine located in Osaka.[6][7][8]

It is one of the oldest Sumiyoshi shrines alongside

Hyōgo prefecture. However, it is not known which one of these is the oldest.[9]

Strangely for a sea god shrine, it is located in the center of the Island. The shrine has a myth that it is located in the center because the gods were disturbed by the sound of the waves.[5]

References

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  2. ^ "Iki City Tourism Federation Website". Iki City Tourism Federation Website (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  3. ^ "別表神社とは?御朱印めぐりに参考になる「別表神社一覧」とマップ | 開運戦隊ゴシュインジャー". jinja-gosyuin.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. ^ Engi-shiki; Procedures of the Engi Era: Books VI-X. Sophia University. 1972.
  5. ^ a b "Japan's border islands of Tsushima and Iki offer simpler, slower pace of life". Japan Today. 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  6. ^ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
  7. ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3.; retrieved 2011-08-09
  8. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 125.


33°47′18″N 129°42′23″E / 33.78825°N 129.70648°E / 33.78825; 129.70648