Tokyo Daijingu Explained

Tokyo Daijingu
Religious Affiliation:	Shinto
Location:	Address : 2-4-1, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0071 Japan
Deity:	Amaterasu Ukemochi Ame-no-Minakanushi Takamimusubi Kamimusubi
Website:	http://www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp/index.html

Tokyo Daijingu is a shrine located in Tokyo.^[1] The shrine is also called O-Ise-sama in Tokyo because of the deities enshrined there.^[2] It is one of the top five shrines in Tokyo.

History

The shrine was built in the early Meiji period^[3] by Jingu-kyo^[4] so people in Tokyo could worship the deities enshrined at Grand Shrine of Ise from afar. Back then it was originally called Hibiya Daijingu.

In 1901, a wedding took place at the shrine, being the first Shinto wedding held in an urban area.^[5]

After the Kanto Earthquake, the shrine was moved to Iidabashi in 1928 and renamed to Iidabashi Daijingu. Then after World War 2, the place changed its name to Tokyo Daijingu.

Enshrined kami

Deities enshrined here include.

• Amaterasu
• Toyouke-no-Ohkami
• Ameno-Minakanushi
• Takamimusubi
• Kamimusubi
• Yamatohime-no-mikoto

References

35.7°N 139.7469°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bureau. Tokyo Convention & Visitors. Tokyo Daijingu Shrine. 2021-11-07. The Official Tokyo Travel Guide, GO TOKYO. en.
2. Web site: English - Tokyo Daijingu. 2021-11-07. www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp. ja.
3. Book: Hardacre, Helen. Shinto and the State, 1868-1988. 1989. Princeton University Press. 978-0-691-02052-5. en.
4. Book: 村上, 重良 . August 2007 . 講談社 . 978-4061598324 . 講談社学術文庫 . 117–118 . ja:天皇制国家と宗教 . 村上重良.
5. Book: de-Gaia, Susan. Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture across History [2 volumes]]. 2018-11-16. ABC-CLIO. 978-1-4408-4850-6. en.