Sōja (総社) is a type of Shinto shrine where the kami of a region are grouped together into a single sanctuary. This "region" may refer to a shōen, village or geographic area, but is more generally referred to a whole province. The term is also occasionally called "sōsha". The sōja are usually located near the provincial capital established in the Nara period under then ritsuryō system, and can either be a newly created shrine, or a designation for an existing shrine. The "sōja" can also be the "ichinomiya" of the province, which themselves are of great ritual importance.[1]
Sōjagū [ja] in Sōja, Okayama, where 304 kami of Bitchu Province are collectively worshipped
Whenever a new kokushi was appointed by the central government to govern a province, it was necessary for him to visit all of the sanctuaries of his province in order to complete the rites necessary for ceremonial inauguration. Grouping the kami into one location near the capital of the province greatly facilitated this duty,[2]
The first mention of "sōja" appeared in the Heian period, in the diary of Taira no Tokinori, dated March 9, 1099 in reference to the province of Inaba. [3]
The name "Sōja" is also found in place names such as the city of Sōja in Okayama Prefecture.
Rokusho shrine (six place) is a very common Soja shrine name[3].: 601
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For other uses see Soja disambiguation Sōja 総社 is a type of Shinto shrine where the kami of a region are grouped together into a single sanctuary This region may refer to a shōen village or geographic area but is more generally referred to a whole province The term is also occasionally called sōsha The sōja are usually located near the provincial capital established in the Nara period under then ritsuryō system and can either be a newly created shrine or a designation for an existing shrine The sōja can also be the ichinomiya of the province which themselves are of great ritual importance 1 Sōjagu ja in Sōja Okayama where 304 kami of Bitchu Province are collectively worshippedWhenever a new kokushi was appointed by the central government to govern a province it was necessary for him to visit all of the sanctuaries of his province in order to complete the rites necessary for ceremonial inauguration Grouping the kami into one location near the capital of the province greatly facilitated this duty 2 The first mention of sōja appeared in the Heian period in the diary of Taira no Tokinori dated March 9 1099 in reference to the province of Inaba 3 The name Sōja is also found in place names such as the city of Sōja in Okayama Prefecture Rokusho shrine six place is a very common Soja shrine name 3 601 Contents 1 Provincial Soja Shrines 2 Regional Soja Shrines 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesProvincial Soja Shrines editRegion Province Shrine Location Engishiki Jinmyocho Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Beppyo Kinai Yamashiro unknownYamato unknown Takatori NaraKawachi Shikiagatanushi Shrine ja Fujiidera Osaka Shikinai Taisha Son shaIzumi Izumi Inoue Shrine ja Izumi Osaka Fuken shaSettsu Nanba Shrine ja de fr simple a Fuken shaTōkaidō Iga Province unknownIse Inatomi Shrine ja Suzuka Mie Shikinai Shosha Ken shaMiyake Shrine ja Suzuka Mie Shikinai Shosha Son shaShima Kokufu Shrine ja Shima Mie Son shaOwari Owari Ōkunitama Shrine Inazawa Aichi Shikinai Shosha Kokuhei Shōsha YesMikawa Mikawa Sōja ja Toyokawa Aichi Ken shaTōtōmi Ōmikunitama Shrine ja Iwata Shizuoka Shikinai Shosha Ken shaSuruga Shizuoka Sengen Shrine Kambe Junja Shizuoka Shizuoka Shikinai Shosha Kokuhei Shōsha YesIzu Mishima Taisha b Mishima Shizuoka Kanpei TaishaKai Kaina Shrine 1st location ja Fuefuki Yamanashi Shikinai Shosha Son shaKaina Shrine 2nd location ja Fuefuki Yamanashi Shikinai Shosha Son shaMiyamae cho Hachimangu ja 3rd location Kōfu Yamanashi Ken shaSagami Rokusho Shrine ja Ōiso Kanagawa Gō shaMusashi Ōkunitama Shrine Fuchu Tokyo kanpei shōsha YesAwa Rokusho Shrine ja Tateyama Chiba UnknownTsuruya Hachiman Shrine ja 2nd location Tateyama Chiba Ken shaKazusa Togakushi Shrine Ichihara Chiba Son shaIigaoka Hachimangu ja 2nd location Ichihara Chiba Ken shaShimōsa Rokusho Shrine ja Ichikawa Chiba Son shaHitachi Hitachi no Kuni Sōshagu Ishioka Ibaraki Ken shaTōsandō Ōmi unknownMino Nangu Otabi Shrine Tarui Gifu SetsumatsushaHida Hida Sōja ja Takayama Gifu Ken shaShinano Shinano Omiya Shrine ja Ueda Nagano Ken shaIwa Shrine ja 2nd location Matsumoto Nagano Son shaKōzuke Sōja Shrine ja Maebashi Gunma Ken shaShimotsuke Ōmiwa Shrine Shimotsuke ja Tochigi Tochigi Shikinai Shosha Ken shaMutsu Mutsu Sōsha no miya ja Tagajō Miyagi Son shaDewa Rokusho Shrine ja Tsuruoka Yamagata Gō shaHokurikudō Wakasa Sō Shrine ja Obama Fukui Son shaEchizen Sōja Daijingu ja Echizen Fukui Ken shaKaga Isobe Shrine ja Komatsu Ishikawa Shikinai Shosha Gō shaNoto Sōsha ja Nanao Ishikawa Son shaEtchu Keta Shrine c Fuken shaEchigo Fuchu Hachiman gu ja Jōetsu Niigata UnknownSado Sōsha Shrine ja Sado Niigata UnknownSan indō Tamba Sō Shrine ja Nantan Kyoto UnknownTango Kono Shrine d Kokuhei ChushaTajima Keta Shrine ja Toyooka Hyōgo Shikinai Shosha Gō shaInaba unknownHōki Kokuchōri Shrine ja Sōja daimyōjin Kurayoshi Tottori Shikigeisha ja simple Ken shaIzumo Rokusho Shrine ja Matsue Shimane Ken shaIwami Ikan Shrine ja Hamada Shimane Shikinai Shosha Son shaOki Tamawakasumikoto Shrine ja Sōja daimyōjin Okinoshima Shimane Shikinai Shosha Ken shaAraki Shrine Okinoshima Shimane Son shaSan yōdō Harima Itatehyōzu Shrine Himeji Hyōgo Shikinai Shosha Ken sha YesMimasaka Mimasaka Sōjagu ja Tsuyama Okayama Ken shaBizen Bizen no Kuni Sōjagu sv ja simple Okayama Okayama Gō shaBitchu Bitchu no kuni Sōjagu ja Sōja Okayama Ken shaBingo Ono Shrine ja Fuchu Hiroshima UnknownAki unknownTake Shrine Fuchu Hiroshima Myojin Taisha Ken shaSuō Saba Shrine ja Hōfu Yamaguchi Ken shaNagato Sōsha gu subshrine of Iminomiya Shrine Shimonoseki Yamaguchi SetsumatsushaWakamiya Shrine ja Shimonoseki Yamaguchi UnknownNankaidō Kii Fumori Shrine ja Wakayama Wakayama Son shaAwaji Juichimyōjin Shrine ja Minamiawaji Hyōgo Son shaAwa Hachiman Sōsha Ryo Shrine ja Tokushima Tokushima Son shaOmiwa Shrine ja Tokushima Tokushima Shikinai Shosha Ken shaSanuki Sōja Shrine ja Sakaide Kagawa Gō shaIyo Ikanashi Shrine ja Imabari Ehime Shikinai Shosha Son shaTosa Tosa Kokubun ji Nankoku Kōchi Gō shaSaikaidō Chikuzen unknownChikugo Kōra taisha Kurume Fukuoka Kokuhei TaishaBuzen Sōsha Hachiman gu ja Miyako Fukuoka Gō shaBungo unknownHizen unknownHigo Kitaoka Shrine sv ja simple Kumamoto Kumamoto Fuken shaHyuga Tsuma Shrine fr ja simple Saito Miyazaki Shikinai Shosha Ken shaŌsumi Haraido Shrine ja Kirishima Kagoshima Son shaSatsuma Shukō Shrine ja subshrine of Nitta Shrine Satsumasendai Kagoshima SetsumatsushaIki Kō Shrine ja Iki Nagasaki Son shaTsushima unknownHokkaido Hakodate Hachimangu Kokuhei ChushaRegional Soja Shrines editRegional Soja Shrines are Soja shrines dedicated to a specific region rather than a whole province These include Akasaka Uenoyama Shrine ja Unakoro Waki Shrine ja Ono Shrine Ritto City ja Ogami Shrine Tonami City ja Kainan Shrine ja Katsushika Shrine ja Katsube Shrine ja Mukuhashi Shrine ja Kotai Jingu Fujisawa City ja Gosho Shrine Sammu City ja Sakata Shinmei Shrine ja Shinkai Sansha Shrine ja Sazama Shrine Daito City ja Kenda Suga Shrine ja Tachibana Shrine Kawasaki City ja Torakashi Shrine ja Nagao Shrine Nanba Shrine ja de fr simple may have historically been a provincial one Arayaza Amaterasu Mitama Shrine ja Nogi Shrine Hotaka Shrine Washinomiya ShrineSee also editList of Shinto shrines Ichinomiya Kokubun jiNotes edit Theorized identification No confirmation Theorized identification No confirmation Theorized identification No confirmation Theorized identification No confirmationReferences edit Herbert Jean 2011 Shinto At the Fountain head of Japan Routledge p 105 ISBN 978 0 415 59348 9 Bocking Brian 2016 A Popular Dictionary of Shinto Routledge ISBN 978 1138979079 a b Hardacre Helen 2016 Shinto A History Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0190621711 nbsp This article relating to Shinto is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sōja shrine amp oldid 1190097210, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
