Enoshima Shrine

{{Short description|Shrine in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan}}

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{{Infobox religious building

| name = Enoshima Jinja
江島神社

| image = Enoshimajinja -05.jpg

| caption = Zuishinmon

| map_type = Japan

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| coordinates = {{coord|35|18|02|N|139|28|47|E|region:JP_type:landmark_scale:1500|display=title,inline}}

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| religious_affiliation = Shinto

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| deity =Munakata goddesses, Benzaiten

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| established = 552

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| location = 2-3-8, Enoshima, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan

| website = {{URL|http://www.enoshimajinja.or.jp/index.html}}

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File:Okutsuno-miya Enoshima Shrine.jpg

Enoshima Shrine (江島神社) is a Shinto shrine in Enoshima, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to the worship of the kami Benten.{{cite book|title=Shinto the Kami Way|author1=Ono, S.|author2=Woodard, W.P.|author3=Sakamoto, S.|date=2004|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-0-8048-3557-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KhFXB_X7AA4C|page=101}} Enoshima-jinja comprises three shrines, He-tsu-miya, Naka-tsu-miya and Oku-tsu-miya.

According to legend, 12th-century Japanese ruler Hōjō Tokimasa visited the shrine to pray for prosperity, and there heard a prophecy from a mysterious woman, who left behind three scales, which became his family crest.{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Saroj Kumar|title=Hindu Gods and Goddesses in Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vhAZEZD7weoC&pg=PA51|year=2003|publisher=Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd|isbn=978-81-7936-009-5|page=51}}