Uji Shinmeisha Shrine

...As Ise faith developed, this trend was also seen in places other than Kobe and Mikuriya, and especially after the Nanboku-cho period, the gods of the Inner and Outer Shrines of Ise were frequently welcomed and worshipped in various places, called Ima Shinmei or Tobi Shinmei. The Uji Shinmei Shrine near Kyoto began to appear frequently in the diaries of members of the imperial family, nobles, and Zen monks from around 1416 (Oei 23), and the Kyogen play Ima Shinmei also says that "the gods were sent to Uji." From the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the early modern period, when pilgrimages to Ise Shrine became popular nationwide, Shinmei shrines began to be worshipped in remote areas as well. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Uji Shinmeisha Shrine" is listed below.

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…伊勢信仰の発展とともに，この風は神戸，御厨以外の地でもしきりに発生し，ことに南北朝期以後，今（いま）神明とか飛（とび）神明とかよんで，伊勢内外宮の神が各地に迎えられてまつられることがあいついだ。京都近くの宇治神明社は1416年(応永23)ころから皇族や公卿，禅僧の日記に頻出するようになるが，狂言《今神明》にも〈宇治へ神明の飛ばせられた〉とある。　中世の末から近世の初めにかけて全国的に伊勢神宮参詣が流行するようになると，僻遠の地にも神明社がまつられる。…

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