Shiogama Shrine

Shiogama Jinja is a Shinto shrine in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. Known from the ninth century, fifteen of its buildings have been designated Important Cultural Properties. It is the head shrine of several hundred Shiogama shrines located throughout Japan. The kami of Shiogama Jinja have long been worshipped as guardian deities of seafarers, notably fisherman, and of pregnant women. Bashō recounts his visit in Oku no Hosomichi, describing the magnificent pillars, painted ceiling, long flight of stone steps, votive lanterns, and the 'sparkle of the vermilion fence in the morning sun'.

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