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Ise Shrine, located on the Kii peninsula in central [[Honshu|Honshû]],<ref>[[Ise]], [[Mie prefecture]].</ref> is the most sacred shrine in [[Shinto|Shintô]]. Associated with the sun goddess [[Amaterasu]], and holding the sacred mirror ''Yata no kagami'', one of the [[Three Imperial Regalia]], the shrine is also strongly associated with the Imperial line.

Ise Shrine, located on the Kii peninsula in central [[Honshu|Honshû]],<ref>[[Ise]], [[Mie prefecture]].</ref> is the most sacred shrine in [[Shinto|Shintô]]. Associated with the sun goddess [[Amaterasu]], and holding the sacred mirror ''Yata no kagami'', one of the [[Three Imperial Regalia]], the shrine is also strongly associated with the Imperial line.

While the Shrine has retained a strong Imperial association throughout its history, much surrounding that association today is a product of [[State Shinto]] as constructed in the [[Meiji period]] or even as late as the 1930s. While certain portions of the shrine are accessible only by the highest priests and by the [[Emperor]] himself, the [[Meiji Emperor]] (r. [[1867]]-[[1912]]) was the first Emperor to visit the shrine in person since [[Empress Jito|Empress Jitô]] (r. [[686]]-[[697]]), over one thousand years earlier.<ref>Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', UC Press (1998), 84.</ref>

While the Shrine has retained a strong Imperial association throughout its history, much surrounding that association today is a product of [[State Shinto]] as constructed in the [[Meiji period]] or even as late as the 1930s. While certain portions of the shrine are accessible only by the highest priests and by the [[Emperor]] himself, the [[Meiji Emperor]] (r. [[1867]]-[[1912]]) was the first Emperor to visit the shrine in person since [[Empress Jito|Empress Jitô]] (r. [[686]]-[[697]]), over one thousand years earlier. During the intervening time, emperors worshipped Ise only "from afar" (''yôhai'').<ref>Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', UC Press (1998), 84.</ref>

==Reconstruction==

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