Tsurugi Shrine

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Tsurugi Shrine
Tsurugi Shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Onamuchi, Prince Oshikuma [ja]
Location
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°57′28.22″N 136°3′19.42″E / 35.9578389°N 136.0553944°E / 35.9578389; 136.0553944
Glossary of Shinto

Tsurugi Shrine (劔神社) is a Shinto shrine located in Ota, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. It is a Ninomiya, or a second rank shrine in its province after the Ichinomiya. In the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines it was a Kokuhei Shōsha (national shrine of lower rank), and it is now listed as a Beppyo shrine of the Association of Shinto Shrines.

It is the Ninomiya of Echizen Province

Oda Nobunaga descended from priests of the shrine. He considered it his ancestral shrine.

Gallery

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  Gomadou (Fire Ritual Hall)
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  Haiden closeup (Worship Hall)
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  Haiden from afar (Worship Hall)
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  Haiden from an angle (Worship Hall)
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  Honden (Main Shrine)
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  Ota-jinja
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  Sacred rock
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  Torii (Shrine Gate)
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  Otorii (Grand Shrine Gate)

References

Other websites

• Tsurugi Shrine - Official Site
• Sword Shrine - Kokugakuin University 21st Century COE Program "Shinto Shrine Historical Materials Collection"