Shinto shrine on Iki Island
Sumiyoshi Shrine (Iki City) is a Shinto shrine located on Iki Island in Japan .[ 1] [ 2] It is a Beppyo shrine , or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.[ 3]
In 927 it was listed as a Myojin Taisha in the Engishiki .[ 4]
It is a branch shrine of Sumiyoshi-taisha .[ 5] A shrine located in Osaka.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
It is one of the oldest Sumiyoshi shrines alongside Sumiyoshi jinja in Hakata-ku , Fukuoka city, Fukuoka prefecture , and Moto Sumiyoshi Shrine in Kobe , Hyōgo prefecture . However, it is not known which one of these is the oldest.[ 9]
Strangely for a sea god shrine, it is located in the center of the Island. The shrine has a myth that it is located in the center because the gods were disturbed by the sound of the waves.[ 5]
References
^ Publishing, Bloomsbury (2011-09-13). Religious Celebrations [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations [2 volumes] . Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-59884-206-7 .
^ "Iki City Tourism Federation Website" . Iki City Tourism Federation Website (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-12-01 .
^ "別表神社とは?御朱印めぐりに参考になる「別表神社一覧」とマップ | 開運戦隊ゴシュインジャー" . jinja-gosyuin.com . Retrieved 2023-04-02 .
^ Engi-shiki; Procedures of the Engi Era: Books VI-X . Sophia University. 1972.
^ a b "Japan's border islands of Tsushima and Iki offer simpler, slower pace of life" . Japan Today . 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-11-26 .
^ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya ," p. 3. ; retrieved 2011-08-09
^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 125.
^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press . ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5 ; OCLC 58053128
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