Sakurai, Nara
city in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Sakurai (桜井市, Sakurai-shi) is a Japanese city in Nara Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]
History
changeSakurai is home to Ōmiwa Shrine. It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan.[1]
The shrine is linked with brewing sake.[2]
According to tradition, Sakurai was sometimes the site of an Imperial Palace,[3] including
- Hatsuse no Asakura Palace during the reign of Emperor Yūryaku[3]
- Iware no Mikakuri Palace during the reign of Emperor Seinei[3]
- Hatsuse no Minaki Palace during the reign of Emperor Buretsu[3]
- Iware no Tamaho Palace during the reign of Emperor Keitai[3]
- Hinokuma no Iorino Palace during the reign of Emperor Senka[3]
- Osata no Sakitama Palace or Osada no Miya during the reign of Emperor Bidatsu[4]
Sakurai is part of Yukio Mishima's novel, Runaway Horses.
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Omiwa-jinja" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 751.
- ↑ Gautner, John. "Heart and soul of sake in the breweries of Nara," Japan Times, February 22, 2001; retrieved 2012-5-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Koch, W. (1904). Japan; Geschichte nach japanischen Quellen und ethnographische Skizzen. Mit einem Stammbaum des Kaisers von Japan, p. 13. (in German)
- ↑ Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 262-263; excerpt, "... palace was Osada no Miya of Iware in the province of Yamato."
Other websites
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Media related to Sakurai, Nara at Wikimedia Commons
- Sakurai City website Archived 2002-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
