Amanawa Shinmei Shrine

Stone stairs of Amanawa Shinmei Shrine

Amanawa Shinmei Shrine (甘縄神明神社, Amanawa Shinmei Jinja) was founded in 710 and is the oldest Shinto shrine in Kamakura. It is dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. According to the ancient document History of Amanawa-ji Shinmei-gū kept by the shrine, the founder of the shrine is famous priest Gyōki; a powerful and rich man named Tokitada Someya supported the construction.

The shrine consists of two structures: the haiden or oratory in the front and the honden or sanctum at the back. Both the oratory and the sanctum have hornlike crossing planks called chigi rising above the roof at both ends. Also five short logs called katsuogi are placed at a right angle along the ridge of the roof. This is typical of a Shinto architectural style called Shinmei-zukuri. As the old structures were destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, they were rebuilt in 1936. The last reconstruction was completed in 1998. The shrine is 10 minutes by walk from Hase Station and 20 minutes by walk from Kamakura Station.

Gallery

The haiden

The honden

Stairs between the haiden and the honden

A sessha at the shrine

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Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shinboku shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shinboku shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

Sun temples

Amanawa Shinmei Shrine Amanoiwato-jinja Arasavalli, Andhra Pradesh Biranchinarayan Temple, Buguda Biranchinarayan Temple, Palia Egyptian sun temple Ise Grand Shrine Konark Sun Temple Martand Sun Temple Sun Temple, Modhera Multan Sun Temple Navlakha Temple, Ghumli Qurikancha Suryanar Kovil Temple of the Sun, Beijing Unao, Balaji

Coordinates: 35°18′52″N 139°32′13″E / 35.31447°N 139.53704°E / 35.31447; 139.53704

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