Sacred place
Isono Shrine
Isono Shrine in Saijo, Ehime is a Myojin-Taisha listed in the Engishiki and the host shrine of the Saijo Festival.
Description
Isono Shrine (伊曽乃神社) is a Shinto shrine in Nakano, Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, identified with the entry for Iyo Province, Nii District in the Engishiki Jinmyocho (927 CE) as a Myojin-Taisha, the highest-ranked shrine of the former Iyo Province. The principal kami are the rough spirit (aramitama) of Amaterasu-Omikami and Takekunikoriwake-no-Mikoto, recorded in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) as the second son of Emperor Keiko enfeoffed in Iyo Province. Shrine tradition places the founding in the reign of Emperor Seimu, and the shrine remained the highest-ranked shrine of Iyo through the medieval period. The annual Saijo Festival on 15-16 October, with about 80 floats and a river-entry rite, is registered as an intangible cultural property of Saijo.
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伊曽乃神社 公式・公的由緒資料
Institutional source伊曽乃神社の由緒、所在地、参詣圏を確認するための公式・公的資料。
伊曽乃神社 地域資料・百科資料
Secondary source伊曽乃神社の名称、所在地、歴史的背景を補助的に確認する二次資料。
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