A divided-spirit shrine of Ise Jingu located in Muramatsu, Tokai Village, Naka District, Ibaraki Prefecture — known as 'the Ise of the East' or 'the Ise of Kanto.' The principal deities are Amaterasu Omikami (the Sun Goddess) and Toyouke-no-Omikami, the deities of Ise's Inner and Outer Shrines respectively. Said to have been founded in 1681 (Tenwa 1), the shrine was established under the support o…
Muramatsu Daijingu was founded in 1681 (Tenwa 1) under the patronage of the second Mito daimyo Tokugawa Mitsukuni (1628-1701, known as Mito Komon), as a divided-spirit shrine of Ise Jingu. Mitsukuni had deep devotion to Ise Jingu and was advancing in his domain administration the establishment of sh…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "天照皇大神・豊受大神"
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