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Kehi Jingu
福井県
The foremost grand shrine of Hokuriku and ichinomiya of Echizen Province, famed for one of Japan's three greatest wooden torii and celebrated in Basho's haiku.
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JR敦賀駅から徒歩約15分
福井県敦賀市曙町11-68
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Shrine
Founded 313
1713 years
Enshrined Deity
伊奢沙別命
気比大神
Overview
Kehi Jingu is the ichinomiya of Echizen Province and the greatest grand shrine of the Hokuriku road, enshrining Izasawake no Mikoto (the Kehi deity) as its principal deity. The great torii in the precinct is counted among Japan's three greatest wooden torii, and its magnificent vermilion form has become the symbol of Tsuruga. The haiku master Matsuo Basho visited this site during his Oku no Hosomi…
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Origins
An ancient shrine revered since the reign of Emperor Nintoku and long honored as the ichinomiya of Echizen Province. Generations of warriors and domain lords donated landholdings to the shrine. During the Edo period it received the devotion of the Matsudaira lords of Fukui domain. The present great …
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Matsuo Bashō
Sage of Haiku & Founder of the Shōfū Style
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The haiku master Matsuo Basho visited this site during his Oku no Hosomichi journey and composed a verse on the brilliant moon above the sand.
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