Ichi-no-miya
Ichi -no- miya (Jap.一 宫,一の宮,一 之 宫, literally: "First shrine " ) refers to the supreme Shinto shrines of the former province of Japan.
The first certain mention of this concept of Ichi -no- miya in this meaning is found in Konjaku Monogatarishū from the early 12th century. However, in 1915 when Shidori Shrine (also called Shitori Shrine ) found in Yurihama a cylindrical vessel in which this term is engraved with the date 1103. Depending on the province, there was next to the " First shrine " is also a " Second Shrine " (二 宫, Ni -no- miya ), "Third Shrine " (三 宫, San -no- miya ), etc.
It is debatable whether these classifications on the initiative of the respective provincial governors ( Kokushi ) are due or they took an already existing in the population division later, such as that which each most visited shrines of Ichi -no- miya appointed were. However, it seems that the provincial governors took advantage of these shrines for their ritual duties, being therefore partially confused with soy, in which all the gods worshiped a province were enshrined together emerged around the same time and for the convenience of provincial governors.
Another cry hierarchy was previously with the 22 shrines, which, however, significantly differs in that it was developed by the imperial court and therefore mainly comprises shrines in the capital, Kinki Region, where it is still possible that the Ichi -no- miya and soy this trend sprang.
The name of Ichi -no- miya and Ni -no- miya, etc. can be found today in many place names, as in the towns of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture and Ichinomiya in Chiba Prefecture, and several incorporated villages of Ichinomiya of Tomioka, Ichinomiya [- chō ] Toyokawa, Ichinomiya [- machi ] in Aso, Ichinomiya in Okayama, Ichinomiya [- chō ] Shiso and Ichinomiya [- chō ] Fuefuki.
A large part of Ichi -no- miya joined on 8 October 1991 Zenkoku Ichinomiya Kai (全国 一の宮 会, " Association of the nationwide First shrines " ) together.
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The Zenkoku Ichinomiya Kai leads also still shin ichi -no- miya (新 一の宮, "New First Shrine " ) only after establishing the Ichi -no- miya created for provinces or previously went under.