Niukawakami Shrine
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{{Infobox religious building
| name = Niukawakami Shrine
丹生川上神社
| image = Niukawakami Shrine.jpg
| caption = Niukawakami Shrine at Nara in Japan.
| map_type = Japan
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|23|25|N|135|59|11|E|type:landmark_region:JP|display=inline,title}}
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| religious_affiliation = Shinto
| type =
| deity = Mizuhanome
| founded_by =
| established = 675
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| location = 968 Ōaza Omura
Higashiyoshino Yoshino District
Nara prefecture
| website = {{URL|http://www.niukawakami-jinja.jp/}}
| architecture_style = Nagare-zukuri
| festival = 16 October
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{{nihongo|Niukawakami Shrine|丹生川上神社|Niukawakami Jinja}}, also known as Nibukawakami Jinja, is a Shinto shrine located at Higashiyoshino in Nara, Japan.
History
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.Breen, John et al. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=MADlfH002mAC&q=oharano Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.] In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These heihaku were initially presented to 16 shrines including the Niukawakami Shrine.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.
From 1871 through 1946, the Nibukawakami Jinja was officially designated one of the {{nihongo|Kanpei-taisha|官幣大社}}, meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124.
Composition
The shrine has two sub-shrines
- {{Interlanguage link|Niukawakami Upper Shrine|ja|丹生川上神社上社}}
- {{Interlanguage link|Niukawakami Lower Shrine|ja|丹生川上神社下社}}
== See also==
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References
- Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=MADlfH002mAC&q=nijunisha Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami.] Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8248-2363-4}}
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tjEvAAAAYAAJ&q=Studies+in+Shinto+and+Shrines Studies in Shinto and Shrines.] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/3994492 OCLC 399449]
- ____________. (1959). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLAeAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Imperial+House+of+Japan The Imperial House of Japan.] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/194887 OCLC 194887]
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