Sumiyoshi Shrine (Fukuoka) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sumiyoshi-jinja (住吉神社) is the Japanese Shinto shrine at Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu created by Empress Jingū.[1]
History
[change | change source]Sumiyoshi was one of the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of the old Chikuzen Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Fukuoka Prefecture.[2] The enshrined kami are:
- Sokotsutsunoo no mikoto (底筒男命)[1]
- Nakatsutsunoo no mikoto (中筒男命)[1]
- Uhatsutsunoo no mikoto (表筒男命))[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kotodamaya.com, "Sumiyoshi Jinja"; retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-10-28.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Sumiyoshi-jinja (Fukuoka) at Wikimedia Commons