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 ...

located in the Takase neighborhood of the city of Nanto, Toyama Prefecture,

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. It one of four shrines claiming the title of '' ichinomiya'' of former

Etchū Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west, Shinano and Hida Provinces to the south, Echigo Province to the east and the Sea ...

. The shrine's main festival is held annually on September 13.

Enshrined ''kami''

The '' kami'' enshrined at Takase Jinja are: *.Kotodamaya.com
"Takase Jinja"
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History

The original construction of Takase Jinja is uncertain. Worship of Ōkuninushi was widespread in the

Hokuriku region The was located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lay along the Sea of Japan within the Chūbu region, which it is currently a part of. It is almost equivalent to Koshi Province and Hokurikudō area in pre-modern ...

from before the Nara period and is believed to have been brought to this area by migrants from

Izumo Izumo (出雲) may refer to: Locations * Izumo Province, an old province of Japan * Izumo, Shimane, a city located in Shimane Prefecture ** Izumo Airport * Izumo-taisha, one of Japan's most ancient and important Shinto shrines Ships * ''Izumo ...

. The shrine claims to have been founded during the reign of the semi-legendary

Kofun period The is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD (the date of the introduction of Buddhism), following the Yayoi period. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes collectively called the Yamato period. This period is ...

Emperor Keikō (reigned 71–130 AD)
official home page The first mention of the shrine in historical records is in an entry in the 780 AD ''

Shoku Nihongi The is an imperially-commissioned Japanese history text. Completed in 797, it is the second of the ''Six National Histories'', coming directly after the '' Nihon Shoki'' and followed by ''Nihon Kōki''. Fujiwara no Tsugutada and Sugano no Mamichi ...

'' when it was recorded that the shrine was granted the rank of Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下). Per the 795 AD '' Nihon Kōki'' it was promoted to Junior 5th Rank, Upper Grade, and the 840 AD '' Shoku Nihon Kōki'' states that it was promoted from Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade to Junior 4th Rank, Upper Grade, and per the 854 AD '' Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku'', it had been accorded Junior 3rd Rank. Per the 859 AD '' Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku'', it had advanced to Senior 3rd Rank. While these are indications of its high status, in the '' Engishiki'' records compiled in 927 AD it is listed as only one of seven minor shrines in Tonami County of Etchū Province. However, late in the Heian period, the provincial capital of Etchū was relocated to Tonami, and the Takase Jinja was elevated to an ''ichinomiya'' and was greatly enlarged. Under the ''

Shinbutsu-shūgō ''Shinbutsu-shūgō'' (, "syncretism of kami and buddhas"), also called Shinbutsu shū (, "god buddha school") Shinbutsu-konkō (, "jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism that was Japan's o ...

'' movement joining Shintoism and Buddhism, it once had 300 Buddhist chapels. This period of prosperity was short-lived. With the growth of the '' Ikkō-shū'' movement in Etchū and the various battles of the Sengoku period, the area around the Takase Jinja was devastated, and it fell largely into ruin. After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and the creation of Toyama Domain, the shrine was revived with the patronage of the Maeda clan. Following the Meiji restoration, with the establishment of

State Shinto was Imperial Japan's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto. The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests to strongly encourage Shinto practices that emphasized the Emperor as ...

in 1872, the shrine was originally designed as a "prefectural shrine" under the a Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, but was later raised in status to a in 1923. The shrine is located a 40 minute walk from Fukuno Station on the JR West Jōhana Line.

Gallery

File:Takase Shrine haiden.jpeg , ''Haiden'' File:国幣小社高瀬神社.jpg, Takase Jinja in 1938 File:県社高瀬神社.jpg, Takase Jinja in 1909

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Toyama Prefecture tourist information

Nanto city tourist tourist information
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Enshrined ''kami''

History

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