Ikukunitama Shrine

Located in Ikutama-cho, Tennoji-ku, Osaka City. Also called Ikutama Shrine. It enshrines two deities, Ikushima-no-kami and Tarushima-no-kami, and later enshrined Omononushi-no-kami as a secondary deity. Ikushima and Tarushima-no-kami were enshrined at Ishiyamasaki (near present-day Osaka Castle) as guardian deities of the land and the country, and Ikushima-no-mikannagi (shrine priests) worshipped them at the Imperial Court. In the Engishiki, it was a Myojin Taisha (shrine of great deities), described as "Naniwa-no-imasu-kukuni-saki-kunitama-jinja (Naniwa-no-imasu-kukuni-saki-kunitama-jinja)". In the Middle Ages, Hongan-ji Temple was built adjacent to the grounds, but both were burned down during wars, and the shrine was moved to its current location due to the construction of Osaka Castle. The Edo Shogunate donated a red seal territory of 300 koku and revered the shrine as a place of prayer for the guardian of the castle. Even after the Meiji period, the shrine was rebuilt despite being damaged by fire and war, and the current shrine building still retains the remains of the Momoyama period structure known as Ikutama-zukuri. Formerly a government-sponsored grand shrine. The annual festival is on September 9th. The summer festival is on July 11th and 12th. The Osaka Takiginou festival on August 11th and 12th is also famous.

[Masahiko Ninomiya]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

大阪市天王寺区生玉町に鎮座。生玉(いくたま)神社ともいう。生島神(いくしまのかみ)、足島神(たるしまのかみ)の2座を祀(まつ)り、のちに大物主神(おおものぬしのかみ)を配祀(はいし)。生島、足島2神は大地、国土の守護神として石山碕(いしやまさき)（現在の大阪城付近）に祀られ、宮中では生島巫(いくしまのみかんなぎ)が奉斎し、『延喜式(えんぎしき)』では「難波坐生国咲国魂(なにわにますいくくにさきくにたま)神社」と記載する名神(みょうじん)大社であった。中世、境内に接して本願寺が建てられたが、ともに兵火にかかり、当神社は大坂城築造のため現社地に遷座した。江戸幕府は300石の朱印領を寄せ、御城鎮守御祈祷(きとう)所として崇敬した。明治以後も再度の火災、戦災にあいながらも社殿を復興し、現社殿には生国魂造(いくたまづくり)とよぶ桃山時代の遺構を残している。旧官幣大社。例祭日は9月9日。夏祭は7月11日、12日。また8月11日、12日の大阪薪能(たきぎのう)も有名である。

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