14/05/2013

geku - naiku - Ise

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gekuu, gekū 外宮 Geku Outer shrine complex of Ise
lower shrine (geguu, gegu)


Geku - by 河鍋暁斎 Kawanabe Kyosai


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The Grand Shrines of Ise are known for the ten betsugū of the Inner Shrine (Naikū (内宮)
and the four of the Outer Shrine (Gekū);
these detached shrines possess a unique relationship to the rituals or objects of worship (saijin) of the main shrines, and are thus given the title of gū (originally a "palace," a term reserved for shrines of particularly high status). These shrines are also rebuilt every twenty years in the same manner as the regular removals (shikinen sengū ) of the main shrines.
source : Inoue Nobutaka , Kokugakuin


gekuu shintoo 外宮神道, Ise shintoo 伊勢神道 Shinto of Ise shrine

Toyouke Daijinguu 豊受大神宮
Watarai no Miya, Wataraiguu, Wataraigū 度会宮(わたらいのみや)、豊受宮

Watarai Shinto 度会神道
- reference source : kokugakuin -



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The official name of the Geku is Toyoukedaijingu.



The kami of the Geku is Toyouke Omikami, who is responsible for the food of Amaterasu Omikami. She is also the kami for food, clothing, and shelter.
The Geku was founded about 1500 years ago. The 21th Emperor Yuryaku had a dream of Amaterasu Omikami in which the deity revealed that she could not properly secure her meals and therefore asked the Emperor to bring Toyouke Omikami from Tanba (currently, northern part of Kyoto prefecture) to take care of her food. After awaking from the dream, the Emperor Yuryaku took to heart what he had heard from Amaterasu Omikami, built a magnificent dwelling place and brought Toyouke Omikami here. This was the founding of the Geku.
Since then, for about 1500 years, Toyouke Omikami has been serving the meals to Amaterasu Omikami, in what is called the Higoto-Asayu-Omikesai, a ceremony distinctive to the Geku. Throughout the year, the rites at the Geku are conducted in the same way as at the Naiku.

Daiichi-torii-guchi Sando, Main Pilgrimage Path to Geku - 第一鳥居口参道
Font for ablution (Temizusha, temizuya) 手水舎
Kitamikado-guchi Sando, Pilgrimage Path at the North Sacred Gateway 北御門口参道
Purification Hall (Saikan) and Hall for visitors from the Imperial Household (Anzaisho)
Hall for special prayer at Geku (Kaguraden) 外宮神楽殿(げくうかぐらでん)


Geku, main sanctuary (Toyoukedaijingu)

Main sanctuary building, Geku (Geku Goshoden) 正宮

Taka-no-miya 多賀宮
Tsuchi-no-miya 土宮
Tsukiyomi-no-miya 月夜見宮
- - - 月夜見尊(つきよみのみこと) /  月夜見尊荒御魂(つきよみのみことのあらみたま)
Kaze-no-miya 風宮
- - - 級長津彦命(しなつひこのみこと) /  級長戸辺命(しなとべのみこと)


. Tsukiyomi 月読 / 月夜見 (つきよみ) "Moon Deity" .

Jingu Administration Office(c) Jingu-shicho
source : isejingu.or.jp/english/gegu


. temizuya 手水舎 purification font, purification trough .
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naikuu, naikū 内宮 Naiku Inner shrine complex of Ise
naiguu, naigu

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The official name of Naiku is Kotaijingu. 皇大神宮
The main deity is Amaterasu Omikami, the ancestor of the Imperial Family and the tutelary kami of the Japanese people. Naiku was founded about 2000 years ago. Worship of Amaterasu Omikami was conducted by the first ten Emperors within the Imperial Palace in Yamato. At the age of Emperor Sujin the country was struck by severe epidemics and numerous other disasters. Therefore, the Emperor gave Princess Toyosukiirihime-no-mikoto an order to remove Amaterasu Omikami from the Imperial Palace and worship her at another place. Consequently, Amaterasu Omikami was enshrined at a location in the eastern Nara Basin.

Next emperor Suinin gave Princess Yamatohime-no-mikoto an order to find the most suitable permanent location to hold ceremonies for Amaterasu Omikami. The princess left Yamato, arriving finally at Ise after having wandered through the regions of Ohmi and Mino. At Ise, she heard the voice of Amaterasu Omikami, saying "I wish to live forever here in Ise, where the wind of kami blows, the country blessed with the rich resources of the mountains and the sea." Yamatohime-no-mikoto decided to build a magnificent sanctuary at Ise to hold ceremonies for Amaterasu Omikami forever. This was the beginning of Naiku. Ever since, for 2000 years, Amaterasu Omikami has been worshiped in Ise by the Japanese people and the Emperor, in ceremonies led by the Jingu Shinto priests.

Uji Bridge 宇治橋
Font for ablution (Temizusha 手水舎)
The Purification Hall (Saikan) and the Hall for visitors from the Imperial Household (Anzaisho)
The Isuzu River and the Mitarashi, the place for ablution 五十鈴川と御手洗場(みたらし)
Hall for special prayer at Naiku (Kaguraden 内宮神楽殿)
- Kazahi no Mi no Miya Mihashi bridge 風日祈宮御橋(かざひのみのみやみはし)
Hall of the sacred fire to prepare the food for the kami (Imibiyaden 忌火屋殿)
Naiku, main sanctuary (Kotaijingu) - 正宮

Aramatsuri no Miya 荒祭宮
Tsukuyomi no Aramitama ni Miya 月讀荒御魂宮
Takihara no Miya 瀧原宮
Izawa no Miya  伊雑宮
Kazahi no Mi no Miya 風日祈宮
Yamatohime no Miya 倭姫宮(やまとひめのみや)
source : www.isejingu.or.jp/english/naigu


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. Toyouke Oomikami 豊受大神 Toyouke Omikami .
Toyoukehime no Kami - "The Great Deity that gives Bountiful"
The goddess of agriculture and industry in the Shinto religion.
She offers food to Amaterasu.


The Grand Shrine at Ise is closely related to the rice culture of Japan, with its own rice fields for ritual purposes and a "sacred dining hall" for the deities.
. Ise Jinguu 伊勢神宮 Ise Jingu, Ise Grand Shrine .


. betsuguu, betsugū 別宮 Betsugu separate shrines .


. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .


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外宮さんの春あかつきの鳶の笛
geku san no haru akatsuki no tobi no fue

as proof of spring
at the Outer Shrine
the call of a black kite


Yamada Mizue 山田みづえ


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初鶏の胸張り歩む外宮かな
hatsu tori no mune hari ayumu gekuu kana

the first chicken
walks proudly around
at the Outer Shrine . . .


Kobashi Chinatsu 小橋千夏

hatsutori 初鶏 the first chicken or cock seen in the new year. It is also the first "day of the chicken" in the lunar calendar system.


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内宮も外宮の方もどんどかな
naikuu mo geku no hoo mo dondo kana

at the Inner Shrine
and at the Outer Shrine too
it goes boom! boom! . . .


Momiyama Kooji 籾山柑子 Momiyama Koji

During a festival, the sound of drums can be heared.


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一群の鴨内宮の日暮飛ぶ
hitomure no kamo naikuu no higure tobu

a flock of ducks
flies into the sunset
of the Inner Shrine


Ushiro Boseki 右城暮石 (1899 - 1995)
Haiku Poet from Kochi, Nagaoka

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source : toukai/mie/ise/isejingu/travelogue


千木高き伊勢内宮の秋の蝉
chigi takaki Ise Naikuu no aki no semi

high roof beams -
the cicadas of autumn
at Ise Inner Shrine


Nakai Kumiko 中井久美子


. WKD : chigi 千木 "1000 roof beams" .


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水澄むや内宮へ木の橋匂ふ
mizu sumu ya naikuu e ki no hashi niou

clear water of autumn -
to the Inner Shrine the fragrance
of the wooden bridge


Moritaka Takeo 森高武雄



source : travel.yoitokose.jp
Ujibashi 宇治橋 bridge Ujibashi


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. Ise Jinguu 伊勢神宮 Ise Jingu, Ise Grand Shrine .

. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .


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