is a
Shinto shrine
A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more ''kami'', the deities of the Shinto religion.
Overview
Structurally, a Shinto shrine typically comprises several buildings.
The '' honden''Also called (本殿, meani ...
in
Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. In Tokyo, it is the best known of the 59 branch shrines of the Hikawa jinja, which was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (''
ichinomiya'') for the former
Musashi province
was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Metropolis, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture. It was sometimes called . The province encompassed Kawasaki and Yokohama. Musashi bordered on Kai, Kōzuke, Sagami, S ...
.
History
The shrine structures were constructed in 1730 under the patronage of
Tokugawa Yoshimune. This became Yoshimune's personal shrine.
[Rudranath, Jay Navok ''et al.'' (2005). ]
Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press.
OCLC 58053128* Rei Hino,s (Hino Rei),(Sailor Mars) Residence in Sailor Moon.
External links
* (In Japanese)
{{Authority control
Shinto shrines in Tokyo