Kono Shrine

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Amabe clan genealogy

Kono Jinja (籠神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Ōgaki neighborhood of the city of Miyazu in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Tango Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 24.The shrine is also called the Moto-Ise Kono Jinja (元伊勢籠神社), and its kannushi has been in the Amabe clan since the Kofun period.^[1]

It may be the Sōja shrine and Ichinomiya of the Tango Province

Enshrined kami

The primary kami enshrined at Kono Jinja is:

• Amenohoakari (彦火明命), god of the sun and agriculture

The secondary kami are:

• Toyoukebime (豊受大神), goddess of agriculture and industry
• Amaterasu (天照大神), goddess of the sun
• Watatsumi (海神), water deity
• Mikumari-no-Kami [sv] (天水分神)

History

According to the legend of this shrine, Toyouke-Ōmikami was originally enshrined that this location before being relocated to the Outer Shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine during the reign of Emperor Yūryaku to offer sacred food to Amaterasu Ōmikami, the Sun Goddess. The shrine was originally called the Manai Jinja (真名井神社), but was renamed in 671 by the 26th generation kannushi to "Kagomiya" or "Kago Jinja" based on the tradition that the god of worship appeared in the snow in a basket. The main kami enshrined was changed to Amenohoakari in 719 by the 27th generation kannushi, but Toyouke-Ōmikami retained as a secondary object of worship.The shrine and its rituals are described in both the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. The shrine is listed in the Engishiki records from the early Heian period, as a Myōjin Taisha (名神大社) and the ichinomiya of the province. It was located immediately to the west of the site of the Tango provincial capital.^[2]

The shrine consists of an upper and lower portion. The lower shrine is the Honden and is a Shinmei-zukuri structure with a cypress bark roof. It was rebuilt in 1845 and is designated as a Tangible Cultural Property of Kyoto Prefecture^[3]

During the Meiji period era of State Shinto, the shrine was designated as a National shrine, 2nd rank (国幣中社, kokuhei-chūsha) under the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines^[4]

The shrine is located next to the Ama-no-Hashidate.^[3]

Cultural Properties

NationalTreasures

• Amabe clan genealogy (海部氏系図), early Heian period, it is considered the oldest family tree in Japan.The clan claims descent from Amenohoakari, and served as at the kuni no miyatsuko of Tanba Province before it was divided into Tamba and Tango.The document records 82 generations of descent from Amenohoakari. It was designated a National Treasure in 1972.^[5]

National Important Cultural Properties

• Biane (扁額), wooden, Heian period, inscribed "Kago no Daimyōjin", dated 976.^[6]
• Komainu (狛犬), stone, Momoyama period.^[7]
• Excavated Items from Kono Jinja Kyozuka (丹後国府中籠神社経塚出土品), Heian period, consisting of two copper cylinders, one mirror with a design of chrysanthemum, and mirror with a line drawing of a Buddha, dated 1188^[8]

Gallery

• 
  Honden（Kyoto Prefectural ICP）
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  Yamato Sazare-ishi
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  Koma-inu（ICP）
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  Koma-inu（ICP）
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  Gate
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  Ni-no-Torii

See also

• List of Shinto shrines
• List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents)
• Ichinomiya

References

• Plutschow, Herbe. Matsuri: The Festivals of Japan. RoutledgeCurzon (1996) ISBN 1-873410-63-8
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887

External links

• Official home page

Notes

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. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 125.
5. "海部氏系図" [Amebe shikeizu] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
6. "木造扁額" [Mokuzō hengaku] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
7. "石造狛犬" [Sekizōkomainu] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
8. "丹後国府中籠神社経塚出土品" [Tango kuni Fuchū kojinja Kyōdzuka shutsudo-hin] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.