Sumiyoshi Shrine (Hyōgo)
Sumiyoshi Shrine may refer to: *Sumiyoshi taisha, a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi ward in Osaka, Japan *Sumiyoshi Shrine (Fukuoka) is the Japanese Shinto shrine at Hakata, Fukuoka, Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.Kotodamaya.com"Sumiyoshi Jinja" retrieved 2012-10-28. History ''Sumiyoshi'' was one of the chief Shinto shrines (''ichinomiya'') of the old Ch ...

Sumiyoshi Taisha
, also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the main shrine of all the Sumiyoshi shrines in Japan. However, the oldest shrine that enshrines the Sumiyoshi sanjin, the three Sumiyoshi kami, is the Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata. It is called Sumiyoshi-san or Sumiyossan by the locals, and is famous for the large crowds that come to the shrine on New Year's Day for ''hatsumōde''. Sumiyoshi taisha enshrines the Sumiyoshi sanjin (Sokotsutsu no Ono-mikoto, Nakatsutsu no Ono-mikoto, and Uwatsutsu no Ono-mikoto) (collectively known as the "Sumiyoshi Ōkami") and Okinagatarashi-hime no Mikoto (Empress Jingū). It gives its name to a style of shrine architecture known as ''Sumiyoshi-zukuri''. History 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 ...
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