賀茂神社 Kamo-jinja Kamo Shrine in Sendai
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Kamo Shrine on the top of a hill located to the south of the Nanakita River in Izumi-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, is composed of two shrines; Kamigamo Shrine and Shimogamo Shrine, just like Kamo Shrine in Kyoto. All the shrine structures including the main torii gate and the middle torii gate are painted in vermillion; hereby it is popularly called Akagami-sama (the Red God).
In 1695, Date Tsunamura, the 4th lord of the Sendai domain, built Shimogamo Shrine in this site, using the building of Tadasunomiya Shrine, which had been one of the attached shrines of Shiogama Shrine and was dismantled when Shiogama Shrine was reconstructed. Kamigamo Shrine was built next to Shimogamo Shrine at the same time.
The one on the right is Shimogamo Shrine, formally named Kamo Mioya Shrine according to Tosatsu (the wooden plate to state the record of the construction) and popularly called Higashinomiya (East Shrine), and the one on the left is Kamigamo Shrine (Kamo Wake-Ikazuchi Shrine, or Nishinomiya (West Shrine). The two buildings stand symmetrically facing the south. Only difference is the carved decoration given to the frog-leg struts; the hen for Shimogamo Shrine and the rooster for Kamigamo Shrine.
The usually quiet precinct is bustled with visitors on New Year’s Day and the day of Donto Festival, in which the New Year’s decorations brought by visitors are burned in a bon fire to pray for a good health.
In 1695, Date Tsunamura, the 4th lord of the Sendai domain, built Shimogamo Shrine in this site, using the building of Tadasunomiya Shrine, which had been one of the attached shrines of Shiogama Shrine and was dismantled when Shiogama Shrine was reconstructed. Kamigamo Shrine was built next to Shimogamo Shrine at the same time.
The one on the right is Shimogamo Shrine, formally named Kamo Mioya Shrine according to Tosatsu (the wooden plate to state the record of the construction) and popularly called Higashinomiya (East Shrine), and the one on the left is Kamigamo Shrine (Kamo Wake-Ikazuchi Shrine, or Nishinomiya (West Shrine). The two buildings stand symmetrically facing the south. Only difference is the carved decoration given to the frog-leg struts; the hen for Shimogamo Shrine and the rooster for Kamigamo Shrine.
The usually quiet precinct is bustled with visitors on New Year’s Day and the day of Donto Festival, in which the New Year’s decorations brought by visitors are burned in a bon fire to pray for a good health.
- address
- 1 Aza-Tadashi, Furuuchi, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture 981-3123
- name
- Kamo Shrine in Sendai
- phone
- 022-379-2228
- bunkazai@kamojinja.org
- hp
- http://www.kamojinja.org/kamo/kamo.htm