Kibitsu Shrine (Bingo)

Kibitsu Shrine (吉備津神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Shin'ichi-chō neighborhood of the city of Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Bingo Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on November 23.[1]

For other places with the same name, see Kibitsu Shrine (disambiguation).
Kibitsu Shrine
吉備津神社
Honden of Kibitsu Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityKibitsuhiko-no-mikoto
FestivalNovember 23
TypeKibitsu
Location
Location400 Miyauchi, Shin'ichi-chō, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken 729-3104
Kibitsu Shrine (Bingo) is located in Hiroshima Prefecture
Kibitsu Shrine (Bingo)
Kibitsu Shrine
Kibitsu Shrine (Bingo) is located in Japan
Kibitsu Shrine (Bingo)
Kibitsu Shrine (Bingo) (Japan)
Geographic coordinates34°34′9.61″N 133°16′15.85″E
Website
Official website
Glossary of Shinto

Enshrined kami

The kami enshrined at Kibitsu Jinja are:

History

The origins of Kibitsu Jinja are uncertain. The shrine claims that when Kibi Province was divided into three provinces in 806, it was established as a bunrei from the original Kibitsu Shrine in Okayama. However, there is no documentary evidence to support this, and the shrine does not appear in the Engishiki, which was complied between 905 and 967 AD. The first time the shrine is mentioned in a historical source is in 1148 in which the name is mentioned in the records of Yasaka Shrine, and archaeological excavations on the grounds have found not artifacts earlier than the 12th century. However, from the Kamakura period, it was regarded as the ichinomiya of the province, and had a large number of estates, with which it often clashed with secular authorities.

During the Nanboku-cho period, the shrine is the location where Imperial loyalist Sakurayama Koretoshi (桜山茲俊) raised an army in 1331 in support of the Southern Court. However, as detailed in the Taiheiki, after receiving a false report that Kusunoki Masashige had been defeated at Akasaka Castle, he committed suicide with his wife and children and burned the shrine down.[2] This event led to the area around the shrine to be designated as a National Historic Site in 1934.[3]

Kō no Moroyasu issued a decree in 1346 ordering the Bingo shugo to stop harassing the shrine. During the Sengoku period, the shrine was supported by Mōri Terumoto, and in the Edo Period it was supported by the Fukushima clan and the Mizuno clan who were daimyō of Fukuyama Domain. After the Meiji Restoration, it was listed as a National Shrine, 3rd rank (国幣小社, Kokuhei Shosha) in 1871.[4]

The shrine is located a twenty-minute walk from Shin-ichi Station on the JR West Fukuen Line.[5]

Cultural properties

National Important Cultural Properties
  • Honden, constructed in 1648 as a donation by Mizuno Katsushige. It is a seven by four bay hall in the relatively large and has a flat "Yomazukuri" style which is common in the Bingo and Aki regions [6]
  • Komainu, Heian period, group of three with height of 78, 80 and 82 centimeters. As Komainu come in sets of two, one is missing. The statues are now kept at the Tokyo National Museum.[7]
  • Tachi, Sengoku period. Set of four. In 1972, the sword fittings were stolen and their whereabouts are unknown. The blades are currently deposited at the Okayama Prefectural Museum.[8][9][10][11]
  • Haiden（Fukuyama city ICP）
    Haiden（Fukuyama city ICP）
  • Kagura stage（Hiroshima Prefecture ICP）
    Kagura stage（Hiroshima Prefecture ICP）
  • Upper Gate
    Upper Gate
  • Lower Gate（Fukuyama city ICP）
    Lower Gate（Fukuyama city ICP）
  • Great Toriii（Fukuyama city ICP）
    Great Toriii（Fukuyama city ICP）
  • Gingko Tree
    Gingko Tree
  • Pond
    Pond

See also

References
  1. Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
  2. Fukushima City home page
  3. "一宮（桜山慈俊挙兵伝説地）" [Ichinomiya (Sakurayama jishun kyohei densetsu-chi)] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  4. Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.
  5. Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.
  6. "吉備津神社本殿" [Kibitsu Jinja Honden] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  7. "木造狛犬" [Mokuzo Komainu] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  8. "毛抜形太刀〈銘備州尾道五阿弥長行天文廿四年六月吉日／吉備津宮奉寄進御太刀（二字不明）次郎左エ門尉忠吉／拵付〉" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  9. "毛抜形太刀〈銘備州尾道五阿弥長行天文廿四年六月吉日／吉備津宮奉寄進御太刀（以下不明）／拵付〉" [Sumiyoshi-sha Horaku Hyakushu Waka Strip] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  10. "毛抜形太刀〈銘正光／拵付〉〉" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  11. "毛抜形太刀〈銘正光／拵付〉" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
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