Aguchi Shrine

Japanese: 開口神社 - あぐちじんじゃ
Aguchi Shrine

…Until the end of the Edo period, the town of Sakai was limited to the area inside the moat (Doi River), which corresponds to the city's core (the present old town area). In the old town, there are Aguchi Shrine, an ancient shrine listed in the Engishiki and a branch shrine of Sumiyoshi Shrine, and Honganji Sakai Betsuin, where the Sakai Prefectural Office was located from the beginning of the Meiji period to 1861. With the opening of the Nankai Koya Line in 1900 and the Hanwa Line in 1930, urbanization began in the eastern part of the old town. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Akaguchi Shrine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸時代末までの堺の町は環濠(土居川)の内部に限られ,これが都市の核(現在の旧市街地)に相当する。旧市街には,《延喜式》に載る古社で住吉神社の別宮となった開口(あぐち)神社や,明治初年から同14年まで堺県庁がおかれていた本願寺堺別院がある。1900年に南海高野線が,さらに30年に阪和線が開通するに及んで旧市街の東部に都市化が始まった。…

※「開口神社」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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