Takekoma Inari Shrine
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Takekoma Inari is the second-oldest shrine to the kami Inari in Japan.[1] It is located in Iwanuma in Miyagi Prefecture. It was established in the ninth century, reputedly by Ono no Takamura.[2]
Takekoma Inari annually celebrates a festival day. Inari's traditional festival day is the first horse day (the sixth day) of the second month of the lunisolar calendar; in recent years, the shrine has celebrated the event on a Sunday in February or early March. This festival is estimated to draw a quarter-million attendees.[3] The shrine is also home to a horsemanship museum.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Smyers, Karen Ann. The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. 17-18. ISBN 0-8248-2102-5
- ^ "Shrines/Temples: Takekoma Jinja". Miyagi Tourist. 2001. http://www.kankou-miyagi.net/cgi-bin/ss_detail.cgi?ID=2140071&country=eng&ef=lst. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ "Traditional Events". Miyagi Prefectural Government website. 2004. http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/kankou/EN/Traditional_Events/Traditional_Events.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
[edit] References
- Smyers, Karen Ann. (1999). The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 10-ISBN 0824820584/13-ISBN 9780824820589; 10-ISBN 0824821025/13-ISBN 9780824821029; OCLC 39523475
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Coordinates: 38°6′18″N 140°51′44.4″E / 38.105°N 140.862333°E
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