Nezu Shrine
The Nezu Shrine (根 津 神社jap, Nezu -jinja ) is a Shinto shrine in the same district in the north of the Tokyo District Bunkyō. In addition to the Asakusa Shrine, and the Toshogu he is the third shrine in Tokyo, the status of " important cultural heritage" has, and also one of the ten shrines, which are known as Tōkyō- jissha.
History
The construction of the shrine is the legendary Yamato Takeru no Mikoto priest attributed the the shrine about 1900 years ago in Sendagi (千 駄 木) is said to have founded in honor of the deity Susanoo. The building is still visible today dates back to the fifth shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and is dated to the year 1705. It was the Tsunayoshi moved the shrine of Sendagi to neighboring Nezu. Before the separation of Shinto and Buddhism was named the Shrine Nezu gongs. (根 津 権 现).
Honden (本 殿, "Main Hall " ), Haiden (拝 殿, " prayer hall " ), Heiden (币 殿, " Hall of Offerings " ), Karamon (唐门, "Chinese Gate" ), Romon (楼门, " two-story gate" ) and Sukibei (透 塀, " transparent wall" ) have remained almost intact and are among the oldest in the originally preserved constructions in Tokyo. They justify the status of " important cultural heritage."
Construction
The buildings have been built in the architectural style gongs that was preferred during the Tokugawa Shogunate. The main hall is painted with red paint Gongenzukuri. And Honden gate show significant Buddhist influences; many ornaments are typical of Buddhist temples. During the Edo period Shinto and Budhhismus were not yet strictly separated as in subsequent periods, so this is typical of this era shrines.
Behind the pheromone is to the right, the Kagura - the (神 楽 殿), a stage at the at the cry of festivals ( Matsuri ) lists the ritual dances. To the left of the rocks Bungo Ikoi no ishi (文豪 憩い の 石, dt " hearthstone of the sealing master " ), on which the writer Natsume Soseki and Mori Ogai have found inspiration for their novels and then perpetuated the shrine in her novels.
Skip straight to Karamon is as an entrance to the fenced Sukibei courtyard with the actual sanctuaries. Here the gods Susanoo, Ōyamakui, Handawake be ( Hachiman ), Okuninushi, and the deified Sugawara no Michizane worshiped.
To the left of the courtyard is the shrine garden. At the beginning of the garden is the Otome Inari Shrine (乙 女 稲 荷 神社, Otome -Inari -jinja ) is in the revered god of rice ( Inari ) Uga -no- Mitama. Typical of this type are the cry of fox statues ( Kitsune ), as servants of Inari, and the red torii, which are lined up along both sides of the shrine here. The Scream garden has a pond with carp and turtles. Behind the pond, the terrain rises. On the slope nearly 3,000 azalea bushes are planted 50 species that bloom in mid to late April. At this time one of the two big scream festivals is held. The shrine is also known for its plum blossom.
North of the Otome Inari Shrine, there is another Inari Shrine, the Komagome Inari Shrine (驹 込 稲 荷 神社, -jinja ) in the Urgötterpaar Izanagi and Izanami, and the rice god Uga -no- Mitama and the wind gods pair Shinatobe and Shinatsuhiko be worshiped.
Matsuri
In several Shrine Matsuri find (letters festivals). The most important is the Reisai (例 祭) and will be held on September 21. The Matsuri is next to the Kanda Matsuri of Kanda Myojin and the Sanno Matsuri of Hie Shrine is one of the three Tenka Matsuri (天下 祭, dt as: " empire Fixed " ), which date back to the shogun Tokugawa Ienobu the three mikoshi ( portable shrines ) donated and therefore among the most important festivals of the old Edo. Another great and special is the "Azalea Festival" (つつじ まつり, Tsutsuji -matsuri ) from April 9 to May 5 during the azaleas bloom.
Photo Gallery
Karamon at the inner region with Haiden in the background
Torii of Otome Inari shrine
Noh stage ( during the Azalea Festival in April )
Azaleas bloom in April
Panorama from the beginning of the azaleas bloom in April
Drum group during the Matsuri