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The is located in Arita Town, Nishimatsuura District,
The Yi Sam-pyeong Monument was built in 1917 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Arita's porcelain. It is on a hill, from which one can view Arita town.
Sueyama Shrine Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sueyama Shrine Shinto shrines in Saga Prefecture Hachiman shrines Religious buildings and structures completed in 1658
The is located in Arita Town, Nishimatsuura District, Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasa ...
. Sueyama Shrine has a porcelain
Porcelain () is a ceramic material made by heating substances, generally including materials such as kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises main ...
archway and other items of porcelain which, at other shrines, are usually made of stone. This shrine was and still is particularly revered by Arita’s ceramists.
History
It is dedicated to Emperor Ōjin,Nabeshima Naoshige
was a warlord of the Sengoku and early Edo periods and progenitor of the Nabeshima lords of the Saga Domain. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Nabeshima Naoshige"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 680.
Naoshige was the second son of . His moth ...
, and Yi Sam-pyeong
Kanagae Sanbee () in historical sources, was a Japanese potter who is said to have moved from Korea. He is often considered the father of Arita ware porcelain, although the narrative is today questioned by historians.Komiya Kiyora 小宮木代 ...
. It was founded in 1658.
The torii
A is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred.
The presence of a ''torii'' at the entrance is usually the simple ...
(a Shinto shrine archway), built in 1888, had been designated Tangible Cultural Properties on April 28, 2000.
Yi Sam-pyeong Monument
The Yi Sam-pyeong Monument was built in 1917 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Arita's porcelain. It is on a hill, from which one can view Arita town.
External links
Sueyama Shrine Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sueyama Shrine Shinto shrines in Saga Prefecture Hachiman shrines Religious buildings and structures completed in 1658