Katori-jingu
The Katori-jingū ( Japanese. 香 取 神宮 ) is a Shinto shrine in the Japanese city of Katori , Chiba Prefecture .
Its exact age is not known. According to the legend of the shrine, it was built in 643 BC or in 18 of the reign of the mythical Jimmu -tennō.
In the Heian period he was named Ichi-no-miya (literally: "First Shrine") of Shimousa Province . The current buildings of the main hall ( honden ) and the tower gate ( rōmon ) date from the year 1700 (respectively year 13 of the Genroku era). They are in the architectural style sangensha nagare-zukuri ( 三 間 社 流 造 ).
Because of its main kami (see below), the shrine has particular relevance for the Shinto determined by the Tenno . That is why it bears the title of Jingū ( 神宮 ) and also belongs to the Chokusaisha , shrines that receive gifts at regular intervals (here: six years) from an emissary of the Tennō.
The original shrine building - similar to the shrines of Ise - was torn down and rebuilt every 20 years, but this custom called shikinen sengū ( 式 年 遷 宮 ) has not been continued since the Sengoku period (15th - 16th centuries). The current main building dates back to 1700 and is a typical example of Edo period shrine architecture.
Kami
The main Kami of Katori-jingū ( Futsu-nushi ) and Kashima-jingū ( Take-mika-dzuchi ) in Kashima ( Ibaraki Prefecture ) have a special relationship, since together they prepared the descent from Ninigi to earth, had often traveled with him and otherwise played a major role in the mythology of Shinto, as they prepared the pacification of the country. They are said to visit each other often, which is why the area between the two shrines (called Shin-shin-goetsu ) is considered sacred. The two shrines are also considered the center of their cult throughout Japan. Both deities were counted among their ancestors by the powerful aristocratic Fujiwara family and are therefore worshiped (together with two other kami) in the Kasuga shrine , the ancestral shrine of the Fujiwara in Nara .
In Sansa-jinja (a massha ), the Iha-tsutsu-wo-no-kami, arising from the blood of Kagutsuchi , is expressed in the form of two different kami, Iha-tsutsu-no-wo-no-mikoto and Iha-tsutsu-no- me-no-mikoto, dear.
Other kami venerated in the side shrines include: a. Izanagi (in Ō-shio-jinja , a massha ), Kono-hana-sakuya-hime (in Sakura-ō-toji-no-jinja ), the clay-kami Hani-yasu-hime together with the fire-kami (in Kaeri-to-jinja , a massha ), the eight thunder-kami (in Roku-shiya-jinja , a massha ) that emerged from the decaying body of Izanami , and the kitchen stove-kami Kamado-no-kami (in Hana-zono-jinja ).
Festivals
The festivals celebrated on Katori-jingū include the O-ta-ue-matsuri (a rice-growing ceremony for two days in early May), the Ō-harae (on June 30th and December 31st), the Shikinen-shinkō- sai or Miikusa-Matsuri (celebration to commemorate the pacification of the country, carried out from April 7th to 16th in every year of the horse , i.e. every 13 years), the Dai-kyō-sai (a very old purification ceremony, on 30th November) and the Danto-Matsuri (on December 7th).
Web links
- Official Website - Japanese
Coordinates: 35 ° 53 ′ 10.4 ″ N , 140 ° 31 ′ 44.5 ″ E
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
