Namba shrine

At the shrine: old tree

The Namba Shrine ( Japanese 難 波 神社 Namba-jinja ) is a shrine in the city of Osaka .

Overview

The shrine is dedicated to the 16th Emperor of Japan, Nintoku . He was the first emperor to move the capital to Osaka (then called Naniwa). He is an important figure in the history of Osaka and is accordingly venerated in the city.

The shrine was built in 415 during the reign of the 18th emperor, Hanzei , in the then capital Matsubara in the Osaka Prefecture built. Later, coincidentally at the same time when Toyotomi Hideyoshi , the Osaka Castle built, the shrine was moved to its present location.

On New Year's Day 1071, Emperor Go-Sanjo visited this shrine on the way to Sumiyoshi-Taisha and determined that in addition to Nintoku, Susanoo and the female deity Uka-no-mitama ( 倉 稲 魂 ) should be worshiped to prevent diseases of the people to alleviate.

The shrine was destroyed except for the torii and surrounding walls during the Pacific War on March 14, 1945 . It was rebuilt in reinforced concrete in 1974.

photos

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  main building

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  Pediment of a side shrine

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  Emblem on the gate

Remarks

1. ↑ The crossed gable beams with their notches indicate Uka-no-Mitama, a goddess.

Coordinates: 34 ° 40 ′ 44.3 "  N , 135 ° 29 ′ 58.4"  E

literature

• Osaka-fu no rekishi sampo henshu iinkai (ed.): Namba jinja . In: Osaka-fu no rekishi sampo (jo). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2007. ISBN 978-4-634-24627-0 .
• Shrine's folder, Japanese
• Leaflet of the shrine, English