Iwa Shrine

One of the shrine buildings at Iwa jinja

Iwa jinja (伊和神社code: ja is deprecated ) is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Shiso, Hyōgo on the island of Honshu.^[1]

History

Iwa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Harima Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Hyōgo Prefecture. ^[2] This place is special to the kami named Ookuninushi no kami (大国主神code: ja is deprecated )^[1]

Iwa Shrine Media

Iwa-jinja (Shiso), honden.jpg

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Iwa-jinja (Shiso), heiden-2.jpg

Iwa-jinja (Shiso), heiden-2
Iwa-jinja (Shiso), haiden-3.jpg

Iwa-jinja (Shiso), haiden-3
Iwa-jinja (Shiso), Tsuruishi-1.jpg

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Iwa-jinja (Shiso), Tsuruishi-2.jpg

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Iwa-jinja (Shiso), kaguraden.jpg

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Iwa-jinja (Shiso), shamusho.jpg

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Iwa-jinja (Shiso), kita-shinmon.jpg

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Iwa-jinja (Shiso), nishi-shinmon.jpg

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Iwa-jinja (Shiso), entrance

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Iwo Jinja"; retrieved 2012-11-20.
↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-20.

Other websites

Media related to Iwa-jinja at Wikimedia Commons

[kotodamayama-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Iwo Jinja"; retrieved 2012-11-20.

[2] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-20.

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