Tokyo Daijingu

Tokyo Daijingu is a shrine located in Tokyo.[1] The shrine is also called O-Ise-sama in Tokyo because of the deities enshrined there.[2]

Tokyo Daijingu
Religion
AffiliationShinto
Location
LocationAddress : 2-4-1, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0071 Japan
Website
http://www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp/index.html

It is one of the top five shrines in Tokyo.[1]

History

The shrine was built in the early Meiji period[3]: 89  so people in Tokyo could worship the deities enshrined at Grand Shrine of Ise from afar. Back then it was originally called Hibiya Daijingu.[2]

In 1901, a webbing too place at the shrine being the first Shinto wedding for people in urban areas.[4]: 286 

After the Kanto Earthquake, the shrine was moved to Iidabashi in 1928 and renamed to Iidabashi Daijingu. Then after World War 2 the place changed its name to Tokyo Daijingu.[2]

Enshrined kami

Deities enshrined here include.[2]

References
  1. Bureau, Tokyo Convention & Visitors. "Tokyo Daijingu Shrine". The Official Tokyo Travel Guide, GO TOKYO. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  2. "English - Tokyo Daijingu". www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  3. Hardacre, Helen (1989). Shinto and the State, 1868-1988. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02052-5.
  4. de-Gaia, Susan (2018-11-16). Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture across History [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-4850-6.


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