Sacred place
Suyama Shrine
Suyama Shrine in Arita, Saga, serves as the porcelain village's tutelary shrine with rare ceramic torii and komainu.
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Saga shrine founded in 1658 as the tutelary of the Arita porcelain district, with rare ceramic torii and komainu in the precincts.
Description
Suyama Shrine (Suyama-jinja, also read Tozan-jinja) stands in Otaru, Arita-cho, Nishimatsuura District, Saga Prefecture, in the heart of the Arita porcelain district. The main enshrined deity is Emperor Ojin, with the Korean potter Ri Sampei (d. 1655), traditionally regarded as the founder of Arita porcelain, and the Saga domain founder Nabeshima Naoshige (1538-1618) as co-enshrined deities. According to shrine tradition, it was founded in 1658 by the Nabeshima domain's Arita Sarayama deputy office and the potter community as a Hachiman branch shrine for the protection of the ceramics industry, drawing on the lineage of Usa Jingu in Buzen Province. A porcelain torii was donated by potters in 1856 and remains in the precincts as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, making the shrine unique among Japanese shrines for its porcelain ritual structures.
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陶山神社 由緒・所在地資料
Institutional source各社寺・公的機関
陶山神社の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。
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Institutional source陶山神社（佐賀県西松浦郡有田町大樽・有田焼陶祖神・やきものの神様）の御祭神・由緒・所在地に関する公式情報。
http://arita-toso.net/陶山神社 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
陶山神社の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q251156 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B6%E5%B1%B1%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE_(%E6%9C%89%E7%94%B0%E7%94%BA)
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