Kashima-jingū

Kashima-jingū (鹿島神宮), also known as Kashima-jinja,^[1] is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki on the island of Honshu.^[2]

History

Kashima was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Hitachi Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Ibaraki Prefecture. ^[3] This place is special to the kami named Takemikazuchi no ookami (武甕槌大神).^[1]

In the modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, Kashima was listed in the middle range of ranked Imperial shrines or Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社) which included 23 sanctuaries.^[4]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Kashima Jinja"; retrieved 2012-11-28.
↑ Kashima City, "Kashima Jinju Shrine" Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-28.
↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-28.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 125.

Other websites

Media related to Kashima-jingu at Wikimedia Commons

Kashima Jingu website Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

35°58′08″N 140°37′53″E / 35.96889°N 140.63139°E / 35.96889; 140.63139

[kotodamayama-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Kashima Jinja"; retrieved 2012-11-28.

[2] Kashima City, "Kashima Jinju Shrine" Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-28.

[3] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-28.

[4] Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 125.

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