Sacred place
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya in Shimo-Suwa, Nagano, is one of the four precincts of Suwa Taisha and the Shinano ichinomiya.
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Shinano ichinomiya recorded in the Engishiki, enshrining Takeminakata and Yasakatome, with Important Cultural Property halls.
Description
Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya stands in Takei, Shimo-Suwa-cho, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture, on the north shore of Lake Suwa along the historic Nakasendo highway, and is one of the four precincts of Suwa Taisha and an ichinomiya of Shinano Province. The shrine is recorded in the Engishiki (927 CE) jinmyocho of the Suwa district as "Minakatatomi-jinja niza" with myojin taisha status. The main enshrined deities are Takeminakata-no-Kami and his consort Yasakatome-no-Kami; Takeminakata is recorded in the Kojiki (712 CE) Land-of-Reeds pacification section as the son of Okuninushi-no-Kami who retreated to Suwa. The offering hall and side worship halls (Important Cultural Properties), built in 1781 by Tatekawa Wasiro, exemplify late-Edo shrine carpentry. The Onbashira festival held every six years is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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諏訪大社 公式由緒
Institutional source長野県下諏訪町鎮座 諏訪大社下社秋宮の御祭神（建御名方神・八坂刀売神・八重事代主神）・諏訪大社四宮（上社本宮・前宮、下社春宮・秋宮）の一・式年造営御柱大祭に関する公式由緒。
https://suwataisha.or.jp/諏訪大社 下社秋宮 - Wikipedia 日本語版 / Wikidata
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors / Wikidata contributors
諏訪大社 下社秋宮の名称、所在地、座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q218813 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AB%8F%E8%A8%AA%E5%A4%A7%E7%A4%BE諏訪大社 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
諏訪大社四宮および下社秋宮の沿革・遷座祭による春宮秋宮の交替・国譲り神話における建御名方神祭祀・御柱祭の重要無形民俗文化財に関する二次整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AB%8F%E8%A8%AA%E5%A4%A7%E7%A4%BE
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