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[[File:Shikinagu.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The main [[torii]] at Shikina Shrine]]
*''Japanese'': 識名宮 ''(Shikinaguu)''
Shikina Shrine is a Shinto shrine in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], counted as one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|Ryûkyû Eight Shrines]].
A frequent site of the devotions of the King of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] himself, Shikina Shrine is said to have been established, along with its associated Buddhist temple, [[Jin'o-ji|Jin'ô-ji]], as part of efforts by King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]] (r. [[1556]]-[[1572]]) to pray for the health of his eldest son, Shô Kôhaku<!--尚康伯-->, who was gravely ill at that time.
From the time of King [[Sho Ken|Shô Ken]] ([[1644]]) onwards, the king regularly visited the shrine in the first, fifth, and ninth months every year.
The shrine faces a street which traditionally was known as a sacred street, or ''kami no michi''. This road connected Shikina Shrine with a set of three sacred sites known as ''hi nu kan'' (fire god [shrine]), ''takigusai'', and ''ubiigaa'' (Ubii spring), as well as with ''shiima nu utaki'' (''[[utaki]]'' of the island) and an ''utaki'' dedicated to the protection of the royal government. On festival days, only ''[[noro]]'' and other priestesses traveled this road, which was at those times strictly off-limits to laypeople.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E8%AD%98%E5%90%8D%E5%AE%AE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=26.210062,127.713119&spn=0.001165,0.005284&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=9.315002,21.643066&t=h&hq=%E8%AD%98%E5%90%8D%E5%AE%AE&radius=15000&z=18&layer=c&cbll=26.209845,127.713201&panoid=kNejm7yssOh00Fr_EFXmzQ&cbp=11,26.04,,0,-12.24 Shikina Shrine on Google Maps]
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Japanese'': 識名宮 ''(Shikinaguu)''
Shikina Shrine is a Shinto shrine in [[Naha]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], counted as one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|Ryûkyû Eight Shrines]].
A frequent site of the devotions of the King of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] himself, Shikina Shrine is said to have been established, along with its associated Buddhist temple, [[Jin'o-ji|Jin'ô-ji]], as part of efforts by King [[Sho Gen|Shô Gen]] (r. [[1556]]-[[1572]]) to pray for the health of his eldest son, Shô Kôhaku<!--尚康伯-->, who was gravely ill at that time.
From the time of King [[Sho Ken|Shô Ken]] ([[1644]]) onwards, the king regularly visited the shrine in the first, fifth, and ninth months every year.
The shrine faces a street which traditionally was known as a sacred street, or ''kami no michi''. This road connected Shikina Shrine with a set of three sacred sites known as ''hi nu kan'' (fire god [shrine]), ''takigusai'', and ''ubiigaa'' (Ubii spring), as well as with ''shiima nu utaki'' (''[[utaki]]'' of the island) and an ''utaki'' dedicated to the protection of the royal government. On festival days, only ''[[noro]]'' and other priestesses traveled this road, which was at those times strictly off-limits to laypeople.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E8%AD%98%E5%90%8D%E5%AE%AE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=26.210062,127.713119&spn=0.001165,0.005284&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=9.315002,21.643066&t=h&hq=%E8%AD%98%E5%90%8D%E5%AE%AE&radius=15000&z=18&layer=c&cbll=26.209845,127.713201&panoid=kNejm7yssOh00Fr_EFXmzQ&cbp=11,26.04,,0,-12.24 Shikina Shrine on Google Maps]
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
