Suwa taisha
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, historically also known as Suwa Shrine (諏訪神社 Suwa-jinja) or , is a group of Shinto shrines in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shrine complex is the ichinomiya of former Shinano Province and is considered to be one of the oldest shrines in existence, being implied by the Nihon Shoki to already stand in the late 7th century.
Key facts
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- File:Suwa Taisha Kamisha Maemiya - Torii (諏訪大社 上社前宮 鳥居).jpg
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- Torii at the entrance to the Maemiya complex
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- yes
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- 10
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- yes
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- Japan Nagano Prefecture
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- (Kamisha Honmiya) (Kamisha Maemiya) (Shimosha Akimiya) (Shimosha Harumiya)
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Shinto
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- Yasakatome
- Religious building.established
- Unknown (circa 6th century?)
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- Chino City, Nagano
- Religious building.festival
- Onbashira FestivalOntōsai (April 15th)Ofune Matsuri (August 1st)Misayama Festival (August 27th)
- Religious building.name
- Suwa Taisha Kamisha Maemiya(諏訪大社 上社前宮)
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Encyclopedic overview
31 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Deities
- History
- Early history
- Upper Shrine
- Lower Shrine
- Heian and Kamakura periods
- Muromachi and Sengoku periods
- Edo and later periods
- Shrines
- Upper Shrine
- ''Kamisha Honmiya''
- Sites and structures
- ''Kamisha Maemiya''
- Sites and structures
- Auxiliary shrines
- Upper ''Jusanshō'' (上十三所)
- Middle ''Jūsansho'' (中十三所)
- Lower ''Jūsansho'' (下十三所)
- Lower Shrine
- ''Shimosha Harumiya''
- ''Shimosha Akimiya''
- Priests
- ''Kamisha''
- ''Shimosha''
- Branch shrines
- Festivals
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
, historically also known as Suwa Shrine (諏訪神社 Suwa-jinja) or , is a group of Shinto shrines in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shrine complex is the ichinomiya of former Shinano Province and is considered to be one of the oldest shrines in existence, being implied by the Nihon Shoki to already stand in the late 7th century.
==Overview== The entire Suwa shrine complex consists of four main shrines grouped into two sites: the Upper Shrine or Kamisha (上社), comprising the and the , and the Lower Shrine or Shimosha (下社), comprising the Harumiya (春宮, spring shrine) and the Akimiya (秋宮, autumn shrine). The Upper Shrine is located on the south side of Lake Suwa, in the cities of Chino and Suwa, while the Lower Shrine is on the northern side of the lake, in the town of Shimosuwa.
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