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Also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, Sumiyoshisan, Sumiyoshi-san, Settsu Ichinomiya, Sumiyoshino- Shrine, Sumiyoshi-taisha

, also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines. It gives its name to a style of shrine architecture known as Sumiyoshi-zukuri.

Key facts

Religious building.name
Sumiyoshi taisha
Religious building.image
Sumiyoshi-taisha,_keidai-2.jpg
Religious building.caption
Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine
Religious building.map_type
Japan
Religious building.religious_affiliation
Shinto
Religious building.deity
Sokotsutsu no OnomikotoNakatsutsu no OnomikotoUwatsutsu no OnomikotoOkinagatarashi-hime no Mikoto
Religious building.founded_by
Tamomi no Sukune
Religious building.established
211
Religious building.location
9-89, Sumiyoshi 2-chome, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture 558-0045, Japan
Religious building.architecture_style
Sumiyoshi-zukuri

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Wikidata facts

Official name
草津大歳神社
Country
Japan
Located in
Settsu Province
Dedicated to
Sumiyoshi sanjin
Image
Sumiyoshi-taisha, keidai.jpg
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street address
大阪府大阪市住吉区庭井
public transport stop
Sumiyoshitoriimae Station
Commons category
Sumiyoshi Taisha
name in kana
すみよしたいしゃ
native label
住吉大社
architectural style
Sumiyoshi-zukuri
time of earliest written record
0686-00-00
postal code
558-0045
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Sumiyoshi ''kami'' and Empress Jingū
  • Other ''kami''
  • Yamato Diplomacy and the Silk Road
  • Cultural references
  • Notable architecture
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

, also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines. It gives its name to a style of shrine architecture known as Sumiyoshi-zukuri.

The shrine is called Sumiyoshi-san or Sumiyossan by the locals, and is famous for the large crowds that come to the shrine on New Year's Day for hatsumōde. Sumiyoshi taisha enshrines the Sumiyoshi sanjin (Sokotsutsu no Ono-mikoto, Nakatsutsu no Ono-mikoto, and Uwatsutsu no Ono-mikoto) (collectively known as the "Sumiyoshi Ōkami") and Okinagatarashi-hime no Mikoto (Empress Jingū).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sumiyoshi Taisha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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