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    The Ise Shrine (Japanese: 伊勢神宮, Hepburn: Ise Jingū), located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the solar goddess Amaterasu...
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    Prefecture, on the island of Honshū, Japan. Ise is home to Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shintō shrine in Japan. The city has a long-standing title – Shinto...
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    Amaterasu, is an ancestor of the Emperor, Ise Grand Shrine is the Imperial Household's family shrine. Ise Grand Shrine is, however, dedicated specifically to...
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    including the Ise Grand Shrine and the Tsubaki Grand Shrine. Until the Meiji Restoration, the area that is now Mie Prefecture was made up of Ise Province,...
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    Emperor of Japan, Naruhito. She is an imperial Shinto priestess of the Ise Grand Shrine, currently serving as the Supreme Priestess. Kuroda held the appellation...
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    Noboru Kawazoe were invited to attend the reconstruction of the Ise Grand Shrine. The shrine is rebuilt every 20 years, and in 1953, it marked the 59th iteration...
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    ranking with the Ise Shrine. Home of the sacred sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan, the shrine is one of Shinto's...
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    Saiō (redirect from Ise Saiō)
    Ise Grand Shrine from the late 7th century to the 14th century. The saiō's residence, Saikū (斎宮), was about 10 km (6.2 mi) north-west of the shrine....
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    traveling to take up her duties at Ise Shrine. In the Heian period, successive imperial princesses stayed in the Nonomiya Shrine for a year or more to purify...
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    Shinmei-zukuri (category Shinmei shrines)
    architectural style typical of Ise Grand Shrine's honden, the holiest of Shinto shrines. It is most common in Mie Prefecture. Ancient shrines were constructed according...
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    many Moto-Ise [ja] shrines. Amaterasu was originally enshrined there before eventually moving to other Moto-Ise shrines and then finally to Ise Jingu. It...
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    at certain sites, such as the Ise Grand Shrine, which is moved to an adjacent site every two decades. Separate shrines can also be merged in a process...
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    Ise Grand Shrine stood at the top of all shrines and thus was outside the classification. All listed shrines on this page with the exception of Ise Grand...
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    architecture of Japanese Shinto shrines. With a few exceptions like Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo Taisha Shinto shrines before Buddhism were mostly temporary...
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    enshrined in the Tanba region of Japan, she was called to reside at Gekū, Ise Shrine, about 1,500 years ago at the age of Emperor Yūryaku to offer sacred food...
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    under Ise Shrine in national importance.: 111  Other shrines included Shonan Shrine in Singapore, San'a Shrine in Hainan Island (China), Nankai Shrine in...
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    shrines in Japan. These shrines take the Ise Grand Shrine as the foundation of their belief. It is the largest Shrine Shinto organization in existence. The...
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    the shrine was ranked as one of the three most important imperial shrines Jingū (神宮) in the Shinto hierarchy, along with Ise Grand Shrine (伊勢神宮 Ise Jingū)...
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    Torii (section Ise torii)
    oldest torii style. 伊勢鳥居 (Ise torii) (see illustration above) are gates found only at the Inner Shrine and Outer Shrine at Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture. For...
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  • at Ise shrine maintained their role during this period, and were complemented by a similar position at the Kamo shrine in Kyoto. Like those at Ise, those...
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    (2011-07-28). "Power animals". Green Shinto. Retrieved 2023-04-12. "Ise Shrine (Ise Jingu) - Ise, Japan". 2013-02-15. Archived from the original on 2013-02-15...
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    of the Japanese solar deity Amaterasu. The head Shinmei shrine is Ise Grand Shrine which inspired the Shinmei-zukuri architectural style. The solar goddess...
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    currently found in most Shinto shrines meanwhile are modeled after the talisman issued by the Grand Shrines of Ise (Ise Jingū) called Jingū Taima (神宮大麻)...
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    The Imperial Palace has its own tutelary shrine dedicated to the 21 guardian gods of Ise Shrine. Tutelary shrines are usually very small, but there is a...
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    to establish a new permanent shrine for Amaterasu (the Sun Goddess), which eventually became known as the Ise Grand Shrine. Other events that were recorded...
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  • the administration of shrines, and improvements in security and transportation allowed the common people to visit Ise Grand Shrine Tokugawa shogunate reorganized...
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    Amaterasu (category Ise Grand Shrine)
    creator god Izanagi. Amaterasu's chief place of worship, the Grand Shrine of Ise in Ise, Mie Prefecture, is one of Shinto's holiest sites and a major pilgrimage...
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    was increased emphasis on the tie between the imperial household and Ise Grand Shrine (dedicated to the ancestor goddess of the emperors, Amaterasu) by sending...
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  • Shrine Nagakusa Tenjin Shrine Ise Shrine Kitabatake Shrine Tado Shrine Tsubaki Ōkami Yashiro Yūki Shrine Aekuni Shrine Mie Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja]...
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    d. 913), 20th Saiō in Ise Shrine 859–876 Fifth daughter: Imperial Princess Jutsushi (述子内親王; d. 897), 5th Saiin in Kamo Shrine 857–858 Imperial Princess...
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