Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka)

Hikawa Shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
Location
Location6-10-12, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-0052
Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka) is located in Japan
Hikawa Shrine (Akasaka)
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates35°40′5.57″N 139°44′8″E / 35.6682139°N 139.73556°E / 35.6682139; 139.73556
Architecture
FounderTokugawa Yoshimune
Date established1730
Website
www.akasakahikawa.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Hikawa Shrine (氷川神社, Hikawa-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. In Tokyo, it is the best known of the 59 branch shrines of the Hikawa jinja,[1] which was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the former Musashi Province. [2]

History

The shrine structures were constructed in 1730 under the patronage of Tokugawa Yoshimune. This became Yoshimune's personal shrine.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hikawa-jinja" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 311, p. 311, at Google Books.
  2. ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3. Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-08-09
  3. ^ Rudranath, Jay Navok et al. (2005). Warriors of Legend: Reflections of Japan in Sailor Moon, p. 50., p. 50, at Google Books
Hikawa Shrine, 2021

References

  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • Rei Hino (Hino Rei), (Sailor Mars) Residence in Sailor Moon.