Ikushimatarushima Shrine

{{Short description|Shinto shrine in Udea}}

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| map_caption = Ikushimatarushima Shrine in Japan

| location = Ueda, Nagano Prefecture

| website = {{official|https://oki-dougo.info/data01/room/sroom/shrine/sroom_mizuwakasu.html}}

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Ikushimatarushima Shrine, also known as Ikushima Tarushima Shrine, is a Shinto shrine located in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture Japan.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iahLAQAAIAAJ&q=Ikushimatarushima+Shrine |title=Musashino |date=1915 |publisher=Japan Office |language=en}} It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It is also a Myojin Taisha recorded as a highly ranked Shrine in the Engishiki in 927.

It enshrines Ikushima Okami and Tarushima Okami.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-22 |title=Ikushimatarushima Shrine {{!}} Ueda Official Tourism Website |url=https://go.ueda-kanko.or.jp/spot/ikushimatarushima-shrine/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Ueda Official Tourism Website {{!}} The official website of the Ueda Tourist Association of Shinshu, Nagano Prefecture. The site provides information on sightseeing spots including Ueda Castle, accommodations, and local gourmet foods, as well as information on conventions and educational tours. |language=en}}

The Ikushimatarushima Shrine is home to a series of allegiance pledges given to Shingen by over a hundred retainers, originating from the years 1566 and 1567.{{Cite book |last1=Castiglioni |first1=Andrea |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1rsEEAAAQBAJ&dq=Ikushimatarushima+Shrine&pg=PA253 |title=Defining Shugendo: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion |last2=Rambelli |first2=Fabio |last3=Roth |first3=Carina |date=2020-11-12 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-350-17940-0 |language=en}}

It is described as a Ubusuna-jinja or one with a very local focus.{{Cite book |last=Herbert |first=Jean |title=Shinto: At the Fountainhead of Japan |date=2010-09-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-59348-9 |edition=1st |location=London |language=English}}{{Rp|page=346}}

Its name comes from two deities: Ikushima-no-kami; and Tarushima-no-kami.