Sacred place
Kagami Shrine
Kagami Shrine in Karatsu, Saga is a Matsuura-district shrine associated with Empress Jingu's Korean campaign and the Manyoshu poem of Matsura Sayohime.
Description
Kagami Shrine (鏡神社) is a Shinto shrine in Kagami, Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on the northern foot of Mount Kagami above Karatsu Bay. The shrine site is near the place of Matsura Sayohime, the maiden of the waving sash, sung by Yamanoue no Okura in the Manyoshu, Book 5. The principal kami are Okinagatarashi-hime-no-Mikoto (Empress Jingu) and Fujiwara no Hirotsugu (?-740). According to the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), Empress Jingu was associated with the Matsura region during her campaign against the three Korean kingdoms, and according to shrine tradition she dedicated a mirror at this place. The second-grade hall was founded in 755 CE to console the spirit of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu, who died in his 740 rebellion, making the shrine a regional centre of the goryo-shin cult.
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鏡神社 由緒・所在地資料
Institutional source各社寺・公的機関
鏡神社の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。
鏡神社 公式サイト
Institutional source松浦総鎮守 鏡神社（佐賀県唐津市）の御祭神・由緒・所在地に関する公式情報。
https://kagami.or.jp/鏡神社 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
鏡神社の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q11651303 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8F%A1%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE_(%E5%94%90%E6%B4%A5%E5%B8%82)
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