Takemizuwake Shrine (read "Takemizuwake Jinja"), revered since antiquity as the Second Grand Shrine (Ninomiya) of Shinano Province. Enshrined in Chikuma City with Takeminakata no Mikoto — the deity of Suwa — as principal deity, governing water. As the central shrine of the region for expressing gratitude for the abundant blessings of the Chikuma River, it has a long history and boasts the rank of …
Takemizuwake Shrine is listed as a myojin-taisha (great deity shrine) in the Engishiki ritual code compiled in 927, and designated the Second Grand Shrine (Ninomiya) of Shinano Province, functioning as a central site of ritual in ancient Shinano's political and cultural life. Rooted in worship of th…
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