Niukawakami Shrine Explained

Niukawakami Shrine 丹生川上神社
Map Type:	Japan
Coordinates:	34.3903°N 135.9864°W
Religious Affiliation:	Shinto
Deity:	Mizuhanome
Established:	675
Location:	968 Ōaza Omura Higashiyoshino Yoshino District Nara prefecture
Architecture Style:	Nagare-zukuri
Festival:	16 October

, also known as Nibukawakami Jinja, is a Shinto shrine located at Higashiyoshino in Nara, Japan.

History

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.^[1] In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These heihaku were initially presented to 16 shrines including the Niukawakami Shrine.^[2]

From 1871 through 1946, the Nibukawakami Jinja was officially designated one of the, meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.^[3]

Composition

The shrine has two sub-shrines

See also

• List of Shinto shrines
• Twenty-Two Shrines
• Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines

References

• Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449
• ____________. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887

Notes and References

1. Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
2. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.
3. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124.