Hirose Taisha

Hirose-taisha 廣瀬大社
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Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Wakaukanome-no-mikoto, Kushitama-no-mikoto, and Honoikaduchi-no-mikoto
Festival	Sunakake-matsuri (February 11th), Reisai (April 4th), and Õimi-no-matsuri (August 21st)
Location
Location	99 Kawai, Kawai-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates
Architecture
Style	Kasuga-zukuri
Founder	Emperor Sujin (allegedly) / Emperor Tenmu
Established	69 BC (allegedly) / 675
Website
www.hirosetaisya.com
File:Icon of Shinto.svg Glossary of Shinto

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The second torii at Hirose Shrine.

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The haiden at Hirose Shrine.

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Shinme-sha (sacred horse house) at Hirose Shrine.

Hirose Shrine (廣瀬大社, Hirose-taisha), also referred to as Hirose-jinja, is a Shinto shrine located in Kawai, Nara prefecture, Japan.

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. 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 Hirose Shrine.

From 1871 through 1946, Hirose Shrine was officially designated one of the kanpei-taisha (官幣大社), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.

See also

• List of Shinto shrines
• Twenty-Two Shrines
• Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

References

• Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449
• _______. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887