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    Ōmiwa Shrine (大神神社, Ōmiwa-jinja), also known as Miwa Shrine (三輪神社, Miwa-jinja, alternately written as Miwa-myōjin (三輪明神)), is a Shinto shrine located...
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  • Ōmiwa Shrine (大神神社) refers to a number of related Shinto shrines in Japan dedicated to the kami Ōmononushi. It may refer to: Ōmiwa Shrine, the main shrine...
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    Ōmiwa Shrine (大神神社, Ōmiwa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine that is located in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan. The honden is built in the nagare-zukuri style. Ōmiwa...
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    pillars. It can be found with or without doors. The most famous one is at Ōmiwa Shrine, in Nara, from which it takes its name. Also called yotsuashi torii (四脚鳥居...
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    some rituals.[clarification needed] Hints of the first shrines can still be found. Ōmiwa Shrine in Nara, for example, contains no sacred images or objects...
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  • Miwa Shrine, the main shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture (formally known as Ōmiwa Shrine) Miwa Shrine (Gifu) in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture Miwa Shrine (Ōgaki)...
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    September 1, 1956. Sakurai is home to Ōmiwa Shrine, traditionally considered one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan dedicated to the god of sake....
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    yorishiro (substitute object) that serve as a more direct bond to a kami. Ōmiwa Shrine in Nara, for example, contains no sacred images or objects because it...
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    only major shrines that continue the practice of direct Mountain Worship via Kannabi are Ōmiwa Shrine and Suwa-taisha and Kanasana Shrine. The mountain's...
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    via Kannabi are Ōmiwa Shrine and Suwa-taisha and Kanasana Shrine. The shrine is the Dewa Province Ichinomiya, or the first ranked shrine of the Dewa Province...
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    Mount Miwa (category Moto-Ise Shrines)
    is considered sacred, and is home to one of the earliest Shinto shrines, Ōmiwa Shrine. Several burial mounds from the Kofun period can be found around...
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    origin legend of Daigorin-ji (大御輪寺, also Ōmiwa-dera), the Buddhist temple (jingū-ji) associated with Ōmiwa Shrine during the medieval period. This temple...
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    Miwa clan (redirect from Ōmiwa clan)
    belief has been passed down through the generations to the present-day Ōmiwa Shrine. Recent research has shed light on the role and significance of the Ogami...
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    originated from the Ōmiwa Shrine in Nara Prefecture, which is dedicated to the god of sake. Every year on November 14, the Ōmiwa Shrine decorated a sugi...
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    ceremonies and for worshiping the kami. In some cases, for example at Nara's Ōmiwa Shrine, the honden can be missing and be replaced by a patch of sacred ground...
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  • Shrine Ōmiwa Shrine (Shimotsuke) [ja] Ibaraki Prefectural Gokoku Shrine [ja] Hitachinokuni Sōshagū Kasama Inari Shrine Kashima Jingū Oarai Isosaki Shrine Sakatsura...
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  • Nagata Shrine Nakayama Shrine Nangū Taisha Niukawakami Shrine Niutsuhime Shrine Nukisaki Shrine Ōasahiko Shrine Oarai Shrine Oarai Isosaki Shrine Ōmiwa Shrine...
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    to Ōmi Province and built the Ōtsu Palace. At this time, the kami of Ōmiwa Shrine in Yamato Province (who served as protector of the imperial dynasty)...
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    shinto shrine was Sakurai's Ōmiwa Shrine, but there have been no records stating as such found at the shrine itself. There were no secondary shrines. The...
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    classified Shinto shrines as either official government shrines or "other" shrines. The official shrines were divided into Imperial shrines (kampeisha), which...
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    worship, was the mountain on which they stood. An extant example is Nara's Ōmiwa Shrine, which still has no honden. An area near the haiden (hall of worship)...
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  • A Beppyo Shrine Beppyō Jinja (別表神社) is a category of Shinto shrine, as defined by the Association of Shinto Shrines. They are considered to be remarkable...
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    Miwa Shrine (三輪神社, Miwa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Torii Main hall Ōmiwa Shrine Mount Miwa Wikimedia Commons has...
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    parallel sides, on Norse image stones dating back to the 7th century. The Ōmiwa Shrine in Japan is also decorated with a motif of the Borromean rings, in their...
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  • Judge Sugawa to give an address at a kendo tournament on June 16 at the Ōmiwa Shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. At the tournament, the chief priest points...
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    work". In August 1966, Mishima visited Ōmiwa Shrine in Nara Prefecture, thought to be one of the oldest Shintō shrines in Japan, as well as the hometown of...
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    said to be: In the Buzen Province, Mount Miwa is the inner shrine of Usa Jingū, Ōmiwa Shrine, and Mount Ōmine is said to have been founded by En no Gyōja...
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  • Shinto shrines such as Munakata Taisha and Ōmiwa Shrine, and the prototype of Shinto was formed. In the Asuka period, the ritual system, shrines, and ceremonies...
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    oracle to establish a shrine in Ise where the Great God resides, which is said to be the origin of this shrine. Ōmiwa Shrine: This shrine is located in the...
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    Shinto shrines Azai shrine Ifuribe shrine Iwato shrine Masumida Shrine Owari Ōmiwa Shrine Azai jinja Ifuribe jinja Iwato jinja Masumida jinja Owari Ōmiwa Shrine...
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