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*''Japanese'': 元町厳島神社 ''(Motomachi Itsukushima jinja)''

*''Japanese'': 元町厳島神社 ''(Motomachi Itsukushima jinja)''

Motomachi Itsukushima Shrine is a [[Shinto shrine]] in the [[Motomachi (Yokohama)|Motomachi]] neighborhood of [[Yokohama]].

Motomachi Itsukushima Shrine is a [[Shinto shrine]] in the [[Motomachi (Yokohama)|Motomachi]] neighborhood of [[Yokohama]].

The shrine is dedicated to [[Benten]] and dates back roughly 700 years, to long before Yokohama was anything more than a remote fishing village. Originally, the shrine was located elsewhere, at a place called Shûkan Island. In the [[Genroku]] period (1688-1704), it was split, and moved to [[Zotokuin|Zôtokuin]] temple in Motomachi (not to be confused with the temple by the same name in the nearby San'ya neighborhood). In the [[Meiji period]] (1868-1912), however, in accordance with new policies against the mixing of [[Buddhism]] and [[Shinto]], the shrine was divorced from the temple, and reestablished in Motomachi.

The shrine is dedicated to [[Benten]] and dates back roughly 700 years, to long before Yokohama was anything more than a remote fishing village. Originally, the shrine was located elsewhere, at a place called Shûkan Island. In the [[Genroku]] period (1688-1704), it was split, and moved to Zôtoku-in temple in Motomachi (not to be confused with the [[Zotoku-in|temple by the same name]] in the nearby San'ya neighborhood). In the [[Meiji period]] (1868-1912), however, in accordance with new policies against the mixing of [[Buddhism]] and [[Shinto]], the shrine was divorced from the temple, and reestablished in Motomachi.

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==External Links==

==External Links==

*[[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE&ie=UTF8&ll=35.438973,139.647021&spn=0.000585,0.001321&sll=35.43934,139.649561&sspn=0.002391,0.002355&near=Motomachi,+Naka+Ward,+Yokohama,+Kanagawa+Prefecture,+Japan&geocode=CVTBQgW_-SdxFezGHAIduuJSCCn_Gyy34VwYYDE1EjbBj_uG9g&t=h&hq=%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE&fll=35.438973,139.647021&fspn=0.000585,0.001321&z=20 Motomachi Itsukushima Shrine on Google Maps]

*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE&ie=UTF8&ll=35.438973,139.647021&spn=0.000585,0.001321&sll=35.43934,139.649561&sspn=0.002391,0.002355&near=Motomachi,+Naka+Ward,+Yokohama,+Kanagawa+Prefecture,+Japan&geocode=CVTBQgW_-SdxFezGHAIduuJSCCn_Gyy34VwYYDE1EjbBj_uG9g&t=h&hq=%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE&fll=35.438973,139.647021&fspn=0.000585,0.001321&z=20 Motomachi Itsukushima Shrine on Google Maps]

[[Category:Shrines]]

[[Category:Shrines]]