Sanage Shrine - Sanage Shrine

Japanese: 猿投神社 - さなげじんじゃ

The main shrine is located in Sanage-cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. It is a shrine listed in the Shikinaisha (Engishikisha). It is one of the three shrines in Mikawa Province and the largest shrine in west Mikawa. It was a former prefectural shrine, and in 1946 it was decided to be promoted to a national minor shrine, but this did not happen. The main deity is currently Oousu-no-mikoto, with Emperors Suinin and Keikō as secondary enshrines, but this is thought to have occurred at the end of the Muromachi period or the beginning of the early modern period, and in the Six National Histories it is referred to as Sanage-no-kami. It is thought that the shrine originated from faith in Mount Sanage, which straddles both Owari and Mikawa provinces, and the main shrine is located at the southern foot of the mountain, and the East and West shrines are located on the east and west sides of the mountain.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

愛知県豊田市猿投町に本社が鎮座。式内社。三河国三宮で西三河一の大社。旧県社で1946年国幣小社に昇格が内定したが実現しなかった。祭神は現在大碓（おおうす）命を主神として，垂仁･景行天皇を配祀するが，このようになったのは室町末期ないし近世初頭のことと思われ，六国史には〈狭投（さなげ）神〉とある。尾張と三河両国にまたがる猿投山に対する信仰よりはじまった神社と考えられ，その南麓に本社が，山上の東西に東宮･西宮が鎮座する。

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