Atsuta-jingū
The Atsuta-jingū ( Japanese 熱 田 神宮 ) is a Shintō shrine in the middle of a park in the Atsuta-ku district of Nagoya City , Japan . He belongs to the Chokusaisha . The main deity is Atsuta-no-ō-mi-kami, another name for Amaterasu -ō-mi-kami, represented (the theology of the shrine is extremely complicated and is kept secret by the priests of the shrine) than Kusanagi-no- tsurugi, the holy sword and one of the three throne insignia of Japan . Whether the sword is actually in the shrine can only be guessed, since no public access to it is offered (exceptions are only high-ranking priests and the Tennō ).
The origin of the shrine is assumed towards the end of the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd century.
In 1893 in the Meiji period , the architecture of the shrine was fundamentally changed and the Shinmei-zukuri architectural style was adapted to that of the Ise shrine and renewed and expanded again in 1935 as part of a sengu . Most of the buildings were destroyed by fires during World War II bombing. The main buildings were rebuilt by 1955. There are currently several dozen buildings on the shrine area, including houses for tea ceremonies , a no -theater stage and the bunka-den , in which u. a. a constantly changing selection of the shrine's over 4,000 cultural artefacts (such as donated ancient swords) are on display.
The shrine has had a private college for the training of Shinto priests since 1950 , which also offers degrees as a librarian .
Shrines and Kami
In the Higashi-yaoyorozu-jinja ( 東 八 百万 神社 ) all "eight million" kami of the east, in the Nishi-yaoyorozu-jinja ( 西 八 百万 神社 ) all the kami of the west are worshiped. In Soshi-mori-no-yashiro ( 曽 志 茂 利 社 ; a massha ), Susanoo is worshiped under the name Komori-ō-kami ( 居 茂 利 大 神 ) (which does not occur anywhere else). In Reino-mimae-sha ( 鈴 之 御前 社 ; a massha ), Ame no Uzume is worshiped as the sole kami (rather a rarity). The legendary Takakuraji ( 高 倉 下 命 , -no-mikoto ) is revered as Kami in Takakura-musubi-miko-jinja ( 高 座 結 御 子 神社 ; a sessha ), and the also legendary Tenjin in Sugawara-sha ( 菅原 社 ) . In Mi- (w) i-jinja ( 御 井 社 ; a massha of Takakura-musubi-miko-jinja ) becomes Mi- (w) i-no-kami , the kami of the sublime well and son of Ō-kuni-nushi and Yakami-hime, dear. The great kami of the harvest, Ō-toshi-no-kami ( 大年 神 ), is worshiped in the mita-jinja ( 御 田 神社 ; a sessha ). In Shimizu-sha ( 清水 社 ), the water-kami Mizu-ha-no-me ( 罔 象 女神 ), which is said to have been born from Izanami's urine, is venerated . In front of the shrine of Inari (which is understood here as the kami of the plants), the Ō-sakida-jinja ( 大 幸 田 神社 ; a massha ), vast amounts of red miniature torii are piled on top of each other, which the believers left there as gifts. Are located on the premises also a sessha named Ichi-no-misaki-jinja ( 一之御前神社 ) for Amaterasu ara Mitama and a massha called Tosu-no-yashiro ( 徹社 ) for their nigi-Mitama .
A strange peculiarity of Atsuta-jingū is the story of the beautiful concubine at the Chinese imperial court, Yang Guifei (known as Yoku-hi in Japanese), who was killed in a riot. Her mind is said to have come to Atsuta-jingū to find peace and so a burial mound was built for her. A gate dedicated to her, which bore the same name as her gate in her palace, the Shunko-mōn, was destroyed by American bombers in World War II; only the plaque with the name has been preserved.
It is also remarkable that bunrei (s. Shintai ) of the hongū were awarded to several side shrines , such as the Minami-shin-gū ( sessha ), the Susano-wo-jinja ( massha ) and the Shingū-sha (a massha of Takakura -musubi-miko-jinja , in turn a sessha ).
The Atsuta-jingū has no heathen (sacrificial hall).
Festivals
In Shinyo-watari-go-shinji on May 5th, the connection with Temmu- tennō and the Kami will be commemorated in solemn silence , which is said to have taken place with the handing over of the holy sword by Temmu to the shrine in 686 after the sword previously in 668 by the Buddhist priest Dō-kyō should have been stolen (at least that's how the Nihonshoki reports ).
Shōbu-sai is celebrated on June 5th and 6th, a festival ( reisai ) commemorating the first proclamation of Meiji- tennō that arrived at the shrine. On this occasion, there are ceremonies with kyūdō , judō , kendō , chadō (tea ceremonies), nō performances, hanabi and a night procession with boats at sea.
On August 8th of the lunar calendar , Prince Yamato-Takerus' victorious expedition against the disobedient Yemishi in the east of the empire is celebrated.
The shrine hosts a total of around 70 festivals per year and has almost 10 million visitors annually, most of them during the Hatsumōde .
Web links
- Official website - Japanese and English
- Nakanishi Masayuki: "Atsuta Shinkō" . In: Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugaku-in , November 11, 2006 (English)
Coordinates: 35 ° 7 ′ 38.2 " N , 136 ° 54 ′ 31.6" E