Kashihara-jingu
The Kashihara-jingū ( Japanese. 橿 原 神宮 ) is a Shinto shrine southeast at the foot of Mount Unebiyama in the city of Kashihara ( Nara Prefecture , Japan ). It was built in 1889/1890 by the Meiji tennō. When Kami are here Jimmu -tennō with his wife, I-suzu-hime, revered. He belongs to the Chokusaisha . The shrine is located at the alleged location of the (Unebi) Kashiwara no Miya ( (畝 傍) 橿 原 宮 ), the government palace of Jimmu-tennō.
The Kashihara-jingū is the first government-built shrine to worship Jimmu-tennō. The reason for this was the identification of the alleged remains of Jimmu in his tomb in 1863. Pilgrimages to this burial mound ( misasagi ) took place long before the 19th century, but had not been recognized by state or religious authorities.
The shrine area takes up 500,000 m². On it are two haiden on which the chigi ( 千 木 , dt. “Cross forks”) and katsuogi ( 堅 魚 木 , dt. “ Crossbar ”) lie (usually these are on the honing of a shrine).
Several buildings of the shrine are former structures from the old imperial palace of Kyoto : the honden (in the palace the kashiko-dokoro ) and the kagura-den (in the palace the shinka-den ).
The Kigen-setsu is celebrated on February 11th , as this is said to have been the anniversary of Jimmu-tennō's accession to the throne. As the founding day of the Reich, it is one of the holidays .
On April 3, an imperial messenger ( chokushi ) attends funeral rites for Jimmu-tennō ( Jimmu-tennō-sai ) on the day of his death.
Web links
- Official website - Japanese and English
Coordinates: 34 ° 29 ′ 16.9 ″ N , 135 ° 47 ′ 15.3 ″ E