Itatehyōzu_Shrine
Itatehyōzu Shrine
Shinto shrine
Itatehyozu Shrine (Japanese: 板手兵主神社, Itatehyōzu Jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan.[1] It is located just outside of Himeji Castle.[2] It is renowned for its Single Mountain Rite held every 60 years and Three Mountains Rite held every 20 years. The shrine's rituals are related to rituals at Iwa Shrine a famous nearby shrine.[1] It is a Sōja shrine and enshrines all the gods of Harima Province.[3] It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.[4]
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It is a Sōja shrine. It enshrines all the kami of the shrines in Harima Province. Whenever a new governor of Harima Province was appointed he would be sent to the shrine to worship all the gods of the province.[5]
Ichinomiya and Soja are not the same thing but were sometimes combined.[6] In this case the Iwa Shrine is the Province's Ichinomiya,[7] and uniquely their rituals are highly intertwined.[1]