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*''Japanese'': 住吉大社 ''(Sumiyoshi taisha)''
Sumiyoshi Shrine, in [[Osaka]], was the number one shrine (''ichi-no-miya'') in [[Settsu province]], and remains today one of the most significant [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] in [[Shinto]].
Sumiyoshi is sometimes said to be the oldest harbor, or port, in Japan, and the ''[[kami]]'' of Sumiyoshi is thus associated chiefly with safe sea travel. It is linked with the ''kami'' of [[Takasago Shrine|Takasago]], in [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo prefecture]], as seen in the [[Noh]] play ''[[Takasago]]'', in which the two are represented as an elderly couple. The spirit of [[Empress Jingu|Empress Jingû]] is enshrined at Sumiyoshi as well.
The shrine has strong connections to a lengthy series of emperors, beginning with [[Emperor Go-Murakami]] of the 14th century, as well as to the [[Minamoto clan]], and [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in particular. According to some accounts, [[Tango no tsubone]] gave birth to [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] at Sumiyoshi, and a stone marking it as Tadahisa's supposed birthplace stands today at the shrine (Tadahisa would later go on to become the founder of the [[Shimazu clan]], and is sometimes said to have been one of Yoritomo's sons, though this myth is generally discounted by historians today).
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture06.html Sumiyoshi Taisha]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Shrines]]
Sumiyoshi Shrine, in [[Osaka]], was the number one shrine (''ichi-no-miya'') in [[Settsu province]], and remains today one of the most significant [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] in [[Shinto]].
Sumiyoshi is sometimes said to be the oldest harbor, or port, in Japan, and the ''[[kami]]'' of Sumiyoshi is thus associated chiefly with safe sea travel. It is linked with the ''kami'' of [[Takasago Shrine|Takasago]], in [[Hyogo prefecture|Hyôgo prefecture]], as seen in the [[Noh]] play ''[[Takasago]]'', in which the two are represented as an elderly couple. The spirit of [[Empress Jingu|Empress Jingû]] is enshrined at Sumiyoshi as well.
The shrine has strong connections to a lengthy series of emperors, beginning with [[Emperor Go-Murakami]] of the 14th century, as well as to the [[Minamoto clan]], and [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] in particular. According to some accounts, [[Tango no tsubone]] gave birth to [[Shimazu Tadahisa]] at Sumiyoshi, and a stone marking it as Tadahisa's supposed birthplace stands today at the shrine (Tadahisa would later go on to become the founder of the [[Shimazu clan]], and is sometimes said to have been one of Yoritomo's sons, though this myth is generally discounted by historians today).
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==References==
*"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture06.html Sumiyoshi Taisha]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.
[[Category:Shrines]]
