Itsukushima Shrine
Shinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Itsukushima Shrine is an Itsukushima shrine[1]. It draws 7,586 Wikipedia views per month (itsukushima shrine category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hatsukaichi[3], Saeki district[4], Aki Province[5]
- Country: Japan[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ōno Seto[7]
- Instance of: Shikinaisha[8], Shinto shrine[9], Munakata shrine[10]
- Founder: Saeki no Kuramoto[11]
- Operator: Itsukushima kannushi family[12]
- Architectural style: Shinden-zukuri[13]
- Postal code: 739-0588[14]
- Child organization or unit: Jigozen Shrine[15], Miyama Shrine[16], Sannō Shrine[17], Senjōkaku[18]
- Part of: List of Shikinaisha in Aki Province[19]
- Commons category: Itsukushima Shinto Shrine[20]
- Has part(s): Itsukushima Shrine Ōtorii[21], West Corridor[22], Honden, Heiden and Haiden of the Main Shrine[23], Haraiden of the Main Shrine[24], East Corridor[25], Haraiden of Marōdo Shrine[26], Honden, Heiden and Haiden of Marōdo Shrine[27], Itsukushima Shrine Treasure Hall[28], Noh stage, Itsukushima Shrine[29]
- Inception: 593[30]
- Mother house: Autocthonous shrine[31]
- Located in/on physical feature: Itsukushima[32]
- Significant event: Battle of Miyajima[33]
- Dedicated to: Three Goddesses of Munakata[34], Ichikishimahime[35], Takiribime[36], Tagitsuhime[37], Mount Misen[38]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: 17th day of the 6th month in the Chinese calendar[39]
- Official website: http://www.itsukushimajinja.jp/[40], http://www.en.itsukushimajinja.jp/[41], https://www.itsukushimajinja.jp/[42]
- Topic's main category: Category:Itsukushima Shinto Shrine[43]
- Commons gallery: 厳島神社[44]
- Time of earliest written record: August 9, 811[45]
- Depicted by: Ippen Shōnin Eden[46]
- Described by source: Kokugakuin University Shrine database (old)[47]
- Heritage designation: National Treasure of Japan[48], World Heritage Site[49]
Body
Physical Characteristics
Areas include 431.2 ha[50] and 2634.3 ha[51].
Why It Matters
Itsukushima Shrine has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]