Shiogama Jinja
Shinto shrine in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture, Japan
Shiogama Jinja (鹽竈神社) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
History
changeThe shrine was established in the ninth century. Shiogama jinja was one of two the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) for the Mutsu Province. When Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture were create in the Meiji period, the shrine continued to be the ichinomiya for the same area.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-13.
Other websites
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Media related to Shiogama-jinja at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Japanese) Shiogama Jinja homepage
- (in Japanese) Guide to the Cultural Properties of Shiogama City Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- (in English) Introduction to Shiogama Jinja Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
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