Kashima-jingū
Shinto shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
Kashima-jingū (鹿島神宮), also known as Kashima-jinja,[1] is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki on the island of Honshu.[2]
History
changeKashima was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Hitachi Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Ibaraki Prefecture. [3] This place is special to the kami named Takemikazuchi no ookami (武甕槌大神).[1]
In the modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, Kashima was listed in the middle range of ranked Imperial shrines or Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社) which included 23 sanctuaries.[4]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Kashima Jinja"; retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ↑ Kashima City, "Kashima Jinju Shrine" Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 125.
Other websites
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Media related to Kashima-jingu at Wikimedia Commons
- Kashima Jingu website Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine