Comments on: Hon Sumiyoshi Shrine, Kobe

By: chottom1

chottom1 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:51:00 +0000

Thank you Jake.

I knew about it. It is really great site but the only disappointing thing was that there were no kanji shown for the terminology.

But this time (when I revisited it) I found the glossary:
http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/Alphabet/alphabet.html

So now I am complete :)

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:47:05 +0000

The Encyclopedia of Shinto is the first place to try

http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/

By: chottom1

chottom1 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:08:36 +0000

Thank you Jake.

It was my mistake (that the main Sumiyoshi shrine is in Tokyo) – I corrected it.

By the way do you know a good online (or other) reference for the different Shinto shrines “orders” or “denominations”?

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:36:43 +0000

I think you will find that the head Sumiyoshi shrine is the one is Osaka. Originally founded by the Hata and other “foreign” clans who settled Naniwa. Jingu was added much later.

By: chottom1

chottom1 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:41:23 +0000

Hi Zichi,

Thank you for the information.
Indeed lately I am quite interested in everything Japanese but especially religion, tradition, culture.
I even ended up this Sunday in “Random walk” looking for Shinto religion books but the only one I found there I already had it in my library.

By: zichi

zichi — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:01:18 +0000

In Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, the Taisha shrine is used as an important stage in some chapters concerning the Akashi Lady.

http://www.taleofgenji.org/sumiyoshi.html

By: Japundit

Japundit — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:12:42 +0000

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