Okama Shrine - Okamajinja

Japanese: 御釜神社 - おかまじんじゃ
Okama Shrine - Okamajinja

...Shiogama Shrine, the Ichinomiya of Oshu, attracts many visitors as the god of maritime safety and bountiful catches, and within its grounds are the Shiogama Sakura and the Hayashi Shidaira sundial. At Okama Shrine, a kettle is preserved where it is said that Shiogami no Okina taught the salt-making method. [Hasegawa Norio]
[history]
It is a temple town of Shiogama Shrine, and is close to Taga Kokufu in Mutsu, and has been called "Kokufu no Tsu" since the end of ancient times. At the end of the Muromachi period, the town expanded and became a distribution center for goods with 21 storehouses.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…奥州一宮の塩竈神社は海上安全・豊漁の神として参詣者を集め,境内に塩釜桜,林子平の日時計などがある。御釜神社には塩上老翁(しおがみのおきな)神が製塩法を教えたと伝える釜が保存されている。【長谷川 典夫】
[歴史]
 塩竈神社の門前町であるとともに,陸奥の多賀国府に近く,古代末以来,〈国府の津〉と呼ばれ,室町時代末期には町場も拡大し町蔵21を数える物資集散地となっていた。…

※「御釜神社」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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