Ise Shrine

Japanese: 伊勢宮 - いせみや
Ise Shrine

...A shrine dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami or the god of Ise Inner and Outer Shrines. It is also called Shinmei-gu, Shinmei-jinja, Daijingu, or Ise-gu (Ise Shrine). Shinmei is synonymous with god, and appears in the Chinese classics "Zuo Zhuan" and "Book of Documents." It is a word that has been used in Japan since ancient times, but it came to be used to refer to Amaterasu Omikami from around the end of the Heian period.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…天照大神または伊勢内外宮の神をまつった神社。神明宮,神明神社,太神宮,伊勢宮(いせみや)などともいう。神明とは神と同義で,中国の古典《左伝》《書経》にも見え,日本でも古くから用いられた語であるが,平安時代末期ごろから天照大神をさす語としても使用されるに至った。…

※「伊勢宮」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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