Sacred place
Tamatsushima Shrine
Tamatsushima Shrine in Wakanoura, Wakayama, is the waka muse deity shrine venerated by Manyoshu poets.
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Wakayama waka muse shrine on Wakanoura, recorded in the Manyoshu and Engishiki, enshrining Sotori-hime.
Description
Tamatsushima Shrine (Tamatsushima-jinja) stands in Wakanoura, Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture, on the Wakanoura inlet. The main enshrined deity is Sotori-hime-no-Mikoto, a princess of Emperor Ingyo recorded in the Kojiki (712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), traditionally venerated as one of the three patron deities of waka poetry. The shrine is recorded as a "fitting place for poetry" in the Manyoshu (8th century), which preserves poems by Yamabe no Akahito and Ki no Tsurayuki composed at Wakanoura. According to shrine tradition, Emperor Shomu visited in 724 CE and ordered the establishment of a sanctuary. From the Heian period the shrine was venerated by poets as the muse of waka and was offered prayers by successive imperial courts and aristocratic poetic circles. It is recorded in the Engishiki (927 CE) jinmyocho of the Naga district of Kii Province. The shrine was elevated to kensha rank in the Meiji era.
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玉津島神社 由緒・所在地資料
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玉津島神社の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。
玉津島神社 公式サイト
Institutional source玉津島神社（和歌山県和歌山市和歌浦、和歌の神）の御祭神・由緒・所在地・祈祷案内に関する公式情報。
http://tamatsushimajinja.jp/玉津島神社 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
玉津島神社の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q11572702 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%89%E6%B4%A5%E5%B3%B6%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE
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