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{{nihongo|'''Asakusa Shrine'''|浅草神社|Asakusa-jinja}} is a [[Shinto shrine]]
==History==
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Legend states that two brothers, fishermen named Hinokuma Hamanari and Hinokuma Takenari, found a [[Bodhisattva|bosatsu]] [[Kannon]] statuette caught in a fishing-net in the [[Sumida River]] on May 17, 628.<ref name="wgs">{{cite web |url= http://www.worldgreatestsites.com/sensoji.htm |title=Asakusa Kannon (Sensoji Temple) |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=World Greatest Sites |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318103100/http://www.worldgreatestsites.com/sensoji.htm |archivedate=18 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The third man, a wealthy landlord named Haji no Matsuchi<ref name="official site" /> (Haji no Nakatomo), heard about the discovery and approached the brothers to whom he delivered an impassioned sermon about the Buddha. The brothers were very impressed and subsequently converted to the Buddhist religion. The Kannon statue was consecrated in a small temple by the landlord and the brothers who thereafter devoted their lives to preaching the way of Buddhism.<ref name="official site" /> This temple is now known as the Sensō-ji. Asakusa Shrine was built in order to worship these men as deities
The shrine and its surrounding area and buildings have also been the site of many Shinto and Buddhist festivals for centuries. The most important and famous of these festivals is [[Sanja Matsuri]], held in late May.
▲An example of the ''[[Ishinoma-zukuri|gongen-zukuri]]'' style of architecture, Asakusa Shrine was commissioned by [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] and constructed in 1649 during Japan's [[Edo period]].<ref name="japanguide">{{cite web |url=http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3001.html |title=Sensoji |accessdate=2008-03-06| work=japan-guide.com| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080306034657/http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3001.html| archivedate= 6 March 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> It was constructed in order to honor the three men who established and constructed the Sensō-ji. The legend states that two brothers, fishermen named Hinokuma Hamanari and Hinokuma Takenari, found a [[Bodhisattva|bosatsu]] [[Kannon]] statuette caught in a fishing-net in the [[Sumida River]] on May 17, 628.<ref name="wgs">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldgreatestsites.com/sensoji.htm |title=Asakusa Kannon (Sensoji Temple) |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=World Greatest Sites |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318103100/http://www.worldgreatestsites.com/sensoji.htm |archivedate=18 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Unlike many other structures in the area, including the Sensō-ji, the shrine (along with the nearby Nitenmon gate to the Sensō-ji) survived the [[Bombing of Tokyo in World War II|Tokyo air raids of 1945]].<ref name="japanguide"/> Because of this rich history, it was designated an [[Important Cultural Properties of Japan|Important Cultural Property]] by the [[Government of Japan|Japanese Government]] in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asakusajinja.jp/asakusajinja/syaden.html |script-title=ja:社殿について |accessdate=2008-03-21 |language=Japanese}}</ref>▼
▲The third man, a wealthy landlord named Haji no Matsuchi<ref name="official site" /> (Haji no Nakatomo), heard about the discovery and approached the brothers to whom he delivered an impassioned sermon about the Buddha. The brothers were very impressed and subsequently converted to the Buddhist religion. The Kannon statue was consecrated in a small temple by the landlord and the brothers who thereafter devoted their lives to preaching the way of Buddhism.<ref name="official site" /> This temple is now known as the Sensō-ji. Asakusa Shrine was built in order to worship these men as deities. The shrine and its surrounding area and buildings have also been the site of many Shinto and Buddhist festivals for centuries. The most important and famous of these festivals is [[Sanja Matsuri]], held in late May.
Buildings in addition to the main shrine include a ''[[kagura-den]]'' (''[[kagura]]'' dance hall) and the Hikan Inari Shrine.
▲Unlike many other structures in the area, including the Sensō-ji, the shrine (along with the Nitenmon) survived the [[Bombing of Tokyo in World War II|Tokyo air raids of 1945]].<ref name="japanguide"/> Because of this rich history, it was designated an [[Important Cultural Properties of Japan|Important Cultural Property]] by the [[Government of Japan|Japanese Government]] in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asakusajinja.jp/asakusajinja/syaden.html |script-title=ja:社殿について |accessdate=2008-03-21 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
A Nishinomiya Inari shrine was once located near the [[Hōzōmon]] gate to Sensō-ji.<ref name=event>{{cite web |title=Event: Praying for Success in Business at Asakusa Hatsuka-Ebisu 2023 |first= |last= |date=23 January 2023 |url= https://everywhere.tokyo/en/event-asakusa-hatsuka-ebisu-2023/ |work=Tokyo Shitamachi Guide |publisher= |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref><ref>McClain, James L., John M. Merriman, Kaoru Ugawa and Ugawa Kaoru. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=-qOuykzxhKUC ''Edo and Paris: Urban Life and the State in the Early Modern Era.''] Ithaca: [[Cornell University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-8014-8183-3}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/39088759 OCLC 39088759] [https://books.google.com/books?id=-qOuykzxhKUC&dq=Sensoji&pg=PA403 p. 403.]</ref> After the [[Government of Meiji Japan|Meiji government]] ordered the [[shinbutsu bunri|separation of Shinto and Buddhism]] in 1868, the Nishinomiya shrine became part of the Asakusa Shrine and was located near the ''kagura-den'', where it was destroyed in the 10 March 1945 firebombing.<ref name=event/>
==References==
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[[Category:Asakusa]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Taitō]]
[[Category:Gongen]]▼
[[Category:Important Cultural Properties of Japan]]
[[Category:Shinbutsu bunri]]
[[Category:Shinto shrines in Tokyo]]
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