Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine

Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeitySukunabikona

Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan.[1][2][3] It is a Beppyo shrine. It is also a Myojin Taisha [ja] in the Engishiki.

It was founded in 856.[3]

The shrine's first Torii gate

It enshrines Sukunabikona.

It is closely linked to Oarai Isosaki Shrine which also worships Sukunabikona.[1][4][5]: 29 

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Namazu-e and Their Themes: An Interpretative Approach to Some Aspects of Japanese Folk Religion. Brill Archive. 1964.
  2. ^ Louis-Frédéric (1995). Buddhism. Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-08-013558-2.
  3. ^ a b railways, Japan Department of; Railways, Japan Dept of (1914). An Official Guide to Eastern Asia, Trans-continental Connections Between Europe and Asia ...: North eastern Japan. 1914. [2], x, 488 p. 6 pl. (1 col), 13 fold. maps, 12 fold. plans.
  4. ^ Cali, Joseph; Dougill, John (2012-11-30). Shinto Shrines: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan's Ancient Religion. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3775-4.
  5. ^ "A Study of Shinto: The Religion of the Japanese Nation". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2023-11-18.