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Watazumi Shrine, also known as Watatsumi Shrine is a shinto shrine in Tsushima, Nagasaki. [ 1 ] Torii facing the sea Torii seen from the sea side Three pillar torii in the pond Three-pillar torii gate next to the shrine
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Kaijin Shrine is a significant shrine on Tsushima Island. It is known as the "Shrine of the Sea Kami." This shrine was the most important one in the past. It was called the ichinomiya. The shrine was originally linked to the sea deity Watatsumi. Later, it became associated with Hachiman. This association is mentioned in late Heian period sources.
The prince came in search of the fishing hook he lost at sea, borrowed from his elder brother Umisachi ("Luck of the Sea"). [10] [11] When the princess came to draw water from the well, the prince was already waiting, having climbed a katsura tree [12] (or cassia tree [13]) that towered above the well. The prince asked for a drink of water and ...
Ryūgū or Ryūgū-jō is the fabulous mythical residence of the Ryūjin (Dragon God) or Sea God, or the princess Otohime. [1] It is also equated with the "fish-scale palace" (iroko no goto tsukureru miya) which was the Sea God Watatsumi's palace mentioned in the Kojiki (8th century). [1]
Itsukushima jinja was the chief Shinto shrine of Aki Province. [4] This shrine is one of the "Three Great Shrines of Aki Province", along with Take Shrine and Hayatani Shrine. [5] The first torii on the site is said to have been erected in 593, supposedly by Saeki Kuramoto during the reign of Empress Suiko (592–628 CE). [2]
Konpira shrine scenes, 2021. Kotohira-gū (金刀比羅宮) (also known as Konpira-dai-gongen (金比羅大権現), Konpira-san (こんぴらさん), or Konpira Shrine in English) is a Shinto shrine in the town of Kotohira in Kagawa, Japan. This shrine is patron of sea ship transport and sailors. It is a Kotohira Shrine or one dedicated to ...
The etymology of the sea god Watatsumi is uncertain. Marinus Willem de Visser (1913:137) notes consensus that wata is an Old Japanese word for "sea; ocean" and tsu is a possessive particle, but disagreement whether mi means "snake" or "lord; god". "It is not impossible" he concludes, "that the old Japanese sea-gods were snakes or dragons."