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Tokyo Daijingu

Coordinates: 35°42′00″N 139°44′49″E / 35.7000°N 139.7469°E / 35.7000; 139.7469
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Tokyo Daijingu
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityAmaterasu
Ukemochi
Ame-no-Minakanushi
Takamimusubi
Kamimusubi
Location
LocationAddress : 2-4-1, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0071 Japan
Website
http://www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp/index.html
Glossary of Shinto

Tokyo Daijingu is a shrine located in Tokyo.[1] The shrine is also called O-Ise-sama in Tokyo because of the deities enshrined there.[2] It is one of the top five shrines in Tokyo.[1]

History

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The shrine was built in the early Meiji period[3]: 89  by Jingu-kyo[4] so people in Tokyo could worship the deities enshrined at Grand Shrine of Ise from afar. Back then it was originally called Hibiya Daijingu.[2]

In 1901, a wedding took place at the shrine, being the first Shinto wedding held in an urban area.[5]: 286 

After the Kanto Earthquake, the shrine was moved to Iidabashi in 1928 and renamed to Iidabashi Daijingu. Then after World War 2, the place changed its name to Tokyo Daijingu.[2]

Enshrined kami

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Deities enshrined here include.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bureau, Tokyo Convention & Visitors. "Tokyo Daijingu Shrine". The Official Tokyo Travel Guide, GO TOKYO. Retrieved 2021-11-07. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "English - Tokyo Daijingu". www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  3. ^ Hardacre, Helen (1989). Shinto and the State, 1868-1988. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02052-5.
  4. ^ 村上, 重良 (August 2007). 天皇制国家と宗教. 講談社学術文庫. 講談社. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-4061598324.
  5. ^ de-Gaia, Susan (2018-11-16). Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture across History [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-4850-6.


35°42′00″N 139°44′49″E / 35.7000°N 139.7469°E / 35.7000; 139.7469