Ichi-no-miya
Ichi-no-miya ( Japanese. 一 宮 , 一 の 宮 , 一 之 宮 , literally: "First Shrine") denotes the highest Shinto shrines of the former provinces of Japan .
The first reliable mention of this term Ichi-no-miya in this meaning can be found in Konjaku Monogatarishū from the early 12th century. However, in 1915 at the Shidori shrine (also called Shitori shrine) in Yurihama, a sutras container ( kyōzutsu ) was found, in which this term is engraved with the date 1103. Depending on the province, there was also a “Second Shrine” ( 二 宮 , Ni-no-miya ), “Third Shrine” ( 三 宮 , San-no-miya ), etc. in addition to the “First Shrine” .
It is controversial whether these classifications can be traced back to the initiative of the respective provincial governors ( kokushi ) or whether they subsequently adopted a classification that already existed in the population, such as that the most heavily visited shrines were named Ichi-no-miya . However, it seems that the provincial governors used these shrines for their ritual duties, which is why they are sometimes confused with the sōja , which arose around the same time and in which all the venerated gods of a province were entrapped together to facilitate the duties of a provincial governor.
Another shrine hierarchy arose before with the 22 shrines , which differs significantly in that it was developed by the imperial court and therefore mainly includes shrines in the capital region of Kinki , although there is still the possibility that the Ichi-no-miya and Sōja this Trend.
The name Ichi-no-miya and also Ni-no-miya etc. can still be found today in many place names, such as the cities of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture and Ichinomiya in Chiba Prefecture, or the incorporated districts Ichinomiya of Tomioka , Ichinomiya [-chō] from Toyokawa , Ichinomiya [-machi] in Aso , Ichinomiya in Okayama , Ichinomiya [-chō] in Shisō and Ichinomiya [-chō] in Fuefuki .
A large part of the Ichi-no-miya united on October 8, 1991 to form the Zenkoku Ichinomiya Kai ( 全国 一 の 宮 会 , "Association of the Nationwide First Shrines").
listing
The Zenkoku Ichinomiya Kai also carries out shin ichi-no-miya ( 新 一 の 宮 , "new first shrine") for provinces that only emerged after the founding of the Ichi-no-miya or that went under.
| province | First shrine | today's city / district ( gun ), prefecture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| transcription | Kanji | ||
| Ezo | Hokkaidō-jingū | 北海道 神宮 | Sapporo , Hokkaidō |
| Tsugaru | Iwakiyama-jinja | 岩 木 山 神社 | Hirosaki , Aomori Prefecture |
| Rikuchu | Komagata-jinja | 駒 形 神社 | Ōshū , Iwate Prefecture |
| Iwashiro | Isasumi-jinja | 伊佐 須 美 神社 | Aizumisato , Fukushima Prefecture |
| Chichibu | Chichibu-jinja | 秩 父神 社 | Chichibu , Saitama Prefecture |
| Ryūkyū | Naminoue-gū | 波 上 宮 | Naha , Okinawa Prefecture |
Web links
- Namiki Kazuko: "Ichi no miya / Sōja" . In: Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugaku-in , February 28, 2007 (English)
- Zenkoku Ichinomiya Kai (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 湯 梨 浜 の 誇 り ～ 歴 史 ・ 伝 統 ～ . (No longer available online.) Yurihama, archived from the original on June 14, 2016 ; Retrieved July 24, 2012 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 一 宮 . In: 世界 大 百科 事 典 第 ２ 版 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved July 24, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b c Ernst Lokowandt: The Shintô shrines related to the state: traditional characteristic or innovation of the Meiji period - or both? In: Klaus Antoni (Ed.): Rituals and their originators. Invented Traditions in Japanese Religious History . LIT Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-8258-3043-8 , p. 130 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b c d Namiki Kazuko: "Ichi no miya / Sōja". In: Encyclopedia of Shinto
- ^ Stuart DB Picken: Essentials of Shinto. An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings . Greenwood, 1994, ISBN 0-313-26431-7 , pp. 20 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Jean Herbert: Shintô. At the Fountain-head of Japan . Routledge, 2011, ISBN 978-0-415-59348-9 , pp. 105 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ 一 の 宮 と は . Zenkoku Ichinomiya Kai, accessed August 10, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ 全国 一 の 宮 巡 拝 会 . 新 一 の 宮 . Zenkoku Ichinomiya Kai, accessed August 10, 2013 (Japanese).
