Nakayama Shrine
中山神社
Haiden and Honden of Nakayama Shrine Map
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityKagamitsukuri-no-kami
FestivalApril 29
Location
Location695 Ichinomiya, Tsuyama-shi, Okayama-ken
Nakayama Shrine is located in Okayama Prefecture
Nakayama Shrine
Nakayama Shrine
Nakayama Shrine is located in Japan
Nakayama Shrine
Nakayama Shrine (Japan)
Geographic coordinates35°06′0.78″N 133°59′40.53″E / 35.1002167°N 133.9945917°E / 35.1002167; 133.9945917
Glossary of Shinto

Nakayama Jinja (中山神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Mimasaka Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 29. Although the kanji of the shrine's name is now pronounced "Nakayama", in the past the shrine was often referred to by its alternative pronunciation "Chuzen Jinja" or "Chuzen Dai-Gongen".[1]

Enshrined kami

The kami enshrined at Nakayama Jinja are:

History

The origins of Nakayama Jinja are uncertain. According to the shrine's undocumented legend, it was founded in 707 AD. There is another theory that the shrine was built when Mimasaka Province separated from Bizen Province in 703. The earliest time the shrine appears in documentary evidence is in an entry dated 860 in the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku. Per the Engishiki, which was complied between 905 and 967 AD, the shrine is listed as the only Myōjin taisha (名神大社) in Mimasaka Province, and by the Kamakura period, it was regarded as the ichinomiya of the province. During the Sengoku period, in 1533, the shrine was burned down by Amago Haruhisa during his invasion of the province, and reconstructed by Haruhisa himself in 1559. After the Meiji Restoration, it was designated as a National Shrine, 2nd rank (国幣中社, Kokuhei Chusha) in 1871.[2][3]

Cultural properties

National Important Cultural Properties

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
  2. ^ Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.
  3. ^ Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.
  4. ^ "中山神社本殿" [Nakayama Jinja Honden] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

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