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	Izumo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Izumo Taisha, a famous Shinto shrine in Izumo.
		Izumo province, one of the old provinces of Japan.
		Izumo, an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1900 to the end of World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Izumo (110 words)

	Izumo, Shimane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Izumo (出雲市; -shi) is a city located in Shimane, Japan.
		At a distance from the city is the Great shintō shrine of Izumo.
		In the anime and manga Shaman King, the main character Yoh Asakura is from Izumo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Izumo,_Shimane (91 words)

	Santa Clara Sister Cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Izumo, mentioned in the "Izumo no Kuni Fudoki" (733 AD) as a "place of outstanding bountiful land and charming people," is the second largest city of Shimane Prefecture (next to Matsue, the prefecture capital), and has prospered since ancient times as the hub of a region rich in ancient history.
		The Izumo Taisha Shrine is one of the oldest shrines in Japan.
		Izumo soba (buckwheat noodles) is the most common type of noodles, served in round bowls stacked one upon the other.
	www.santaclarasistercities.org /izumo.htm (628 words)

	Izumo Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Izumo (出雲国; Izumo no kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane prefecture in the Chugoku region.
		A powerful clan of Izumo (Idumo is an obsolete Romanization) constituted an independent polity, but during the fourth century BC it was absorbed due to the expansion of the state of Yamato, within which it assumed the role of a sacerdotal domain.
		Even today the Izumo Shrine constitutes (as does the Ise Shrine) one of the more important sacred places of Shinto: it is dedicated to kami, especially to Ōkuninushi (Ō-kuni-nushi-no-mikoto), mythical progenitor of Susanoo and all the clans of Izumo.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Izumo-Province.htm (1019 words)

	Izumo Province biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Izumo (出雲国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane prefecture in the Chugoku region.
		Even today the Izumo Shrine constitutes (as does the Ise Shrine) one of the more important sacred places of Shinto: it is dedicated to kami, especially to Ôkuninushi (Opo-kuni-nusi-nö-mikötö), mythical progenitor of Susano-o and all the clans of Izumo.
		Amaterasu prevailed, but the myth of the Izumo gods' challenge to central authority, and the awe that this inspired, means that Izumo holds a special historical and spiritual significance for Japanese.
	izumo-province.biography.ms (918 words)

	ipedia.com: Shinto Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shrines are commonly fronted by a distinctive Japanese gate (torii) made of two uprights and two crossbars.
		Her main shrine is at Ise, but many lesser shrines are dedicated to her.
		Meiji Shrine (Tokyo), the shrine of Emperor Meiji
	www.ipedia.com /shinto.html (2162 words)

	Matsue : Side Trips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Izumo Grand Shrine (Izumo Taisha)-- The most important religious structure in the vicinity of Matsue is easy to see on a half-day side trip, but come only if you have extra time.
		In Izumo this month is called the "Month of Gods." Everywhere else in Japan it's referred to as the "Month without Gods," since they're all away performing their duty, housed in those long buildings flanking both sides of the main shrine.
		To the left of the main shrine is the marriage shrine, where you'll see people throwing coins up into the bristled ends of thick, twisted rice ropes adorning the entrance -- legend has it that if a coin gets stuck in the bushy end, the thrower will have good luck in marriage.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=2934&catID=2934010011 (638 words)

	Search Results for shrine - Encyclopædia Britannica
		For the Muslim masses in general, shrines of Sufi saints are particular objects of reverence and even veneration.
		Shrines consecrate a holy place for its miraculous character or for its association with the life of the founder, gods, or saints of a cult.
		Temples and shrines housing fetishes of the cult were occupied by priests, their attendants, and the Chosen Women.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=shrine&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (433 words)

	Izumo Taisha temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Situated at the foot of the sacred Yakumo and Kamiyama hills, the temple of Izumo Taisha is considered to be the oldest and most important Shinto shrine in all of Japan.
		The height of the main shrine was then about 50 meters, surpassing the 46 meter height of the Todaiji Temple in Nara (the largest wooden structure in the world today).
		Izumo Taisha hosts at least fifteen major festivals each year and the beautiful complex of buildings nestled in a virgin forest is always bustling with pilgrims.
	www.sacredsites.com /asia/japan/izumo_taisha.html (355 words)

	Week III: Part 2 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: JAPAN - THE ARCHAELOGICAL AGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The initial construction of the Inner Shrine is thought to date from the late fifth to the mid-sixth century.
		Shrine buildings such as the shoden are erected in an ancient style of architecture.
		The sacred necklace of magatama (jewels representing the soul spirit which enter the body of the possessor) is the symbol of succession from the Sun Goddess to the Sun Line and is the emblem of the enthronement of the emperor s of Japan until today.
	www.pitt.edu /~asian/week-4/week-4.html (1056 words)

	Shimane Travel: Izumo Taisha (Izumo Grand Shrine)
		Izumo Taisha is Japan's oldest shrine, constructed in a purely Japanese architecture style, called Taisha-Tsukuri.
		Because Okuninushi is the kami of marriage, visitors pray at Izumo Taisha by clapping not twice but four times, twice for oneself and twice for one's actual or desired partner.
		Izumo Taisha is located in the outskirts of Izumo City, about one hour west of Matsue.
	67.15.104.67 /japan-guide.com/e/e5804.html (305 words)

	japanarchitecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Izumo Shrine, one of the earliest standing structures, is, as your textbook notes, rebuilt in almost exactly the same form, every 20 years.
		Izumo is characterized by the enduring Japanese reverence for natural materials, seen here in the decision to leave the wood unpainted and unadorned.
		In this shrine, left and right appear to be divided symmetrically, making a bilateral composition; the asymmetry exists in the relationship of top to bottom, dominated by the heavy roof which sweeps down below the midpoint of the shrine, and the inward-stepping verticals of the facade.
	www.ux1.eiu.edu /~cfrb/japanarchitecture.htm (2052 words)

	Shinto Shrines
		Imperial shrines can be recognized by the imperial family's chrysanthemum crest and by the fact that they are often called "jingu" rather than "jinja".
		Hachiman Shrines are dedicated to Hachiman, the kami of war, which used to be particularly popular among the leading military clans of the past.
		Tenjin Shrines are dedicated to the kami of Sugawara Michizane, a Heian Period scholar and politician.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2059.html (941 words)

	Unearthed pillar suggests 48-meter shrine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It suggests that within the shrine's grounds stood a 48-meter structure — the equivalent of a 14-story building according to the board.
		The pillar was thought to have been one of several that supported the shrine's main building in the ancient complex, which was built in the late Heian Period (794-1185).
		Blueprints of the complex that have been kept by the shrine since the Heian Period mention a 3-meter diameter pillar made using three trees, which appears quite similar to the one unearthed.
	www.trussel.com /prehist/news196.htm (361 words)

	sacred spaces of Shinto
		The Izumo Shrine, located in the town of Taisha on the northwest coast facing Korea, is believed to be the oldest shrine in Japan.
		The Izumo Shrine is composed with two levels of roof curves and a long narrow hall (see photo 3).
		Legend holds that the high-floor dwelling style of the Izumo Shrine is meant to resemble the shape of the emperor’s palace.
	ias.berkeley.edu /orias/visuals/japan_visuals/shintoC.HTM (898 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was unearthed in late April in the grounds of the shrine, in the town of Taisha, Shimane Prefecture.
		Izumo Shrine can trace its history back to the year 659, when it first appeared in historical documents.
		Michihiko Senge, an official of the shrine, said the significance of the discovery was reaffirmed by the number of people who wanted to see it and he hopes that as many people as possible will visit the site.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20000507b2.htm (423 words)

	nara
		And the sword (Kusanagi, or Grass-Mower, which Susano-o retrieved from the dragon in Izumo) was lost at sea in the Battle of Dannoura in 1185.
		Early shrine architecture was based on granary-style buildings (as represented on dôtaku bells and haniwa)—also the style used for the Uji Chieftain’s palace.
		Shrine “gate” Literally means: “bird perch.” (Birds were important figures in the “Rock cave myth,” helping to draw Amaterasu out of the cave—and thus restore “day.”) Birds are messengers between the world of humans and the world of gods.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~copeland/nara.html (935 words)

	Way of Kami Goddesses Gods
		Izanagi Shrine is located in the vicinity of the Tsuna-Ichinomiya Interchange Awajishima in the Ichinomiya-cho area, According to the Ancient Chronicle Awajishima was the first island created by these two pillar Shinto Deities, and they are enshrined there.
		Izumo Taisha, which is located at the outer edge of Izumo City about an hour from Matsue, was constructed in the Taisha-Tsukuri Japanese architectural style, Izumo is Japan's oldest shrine, and it is also where the eight million kami "Shinto gods and goddesses" have their annual gathering.
		The Izumo Taisha Shrine is dedicated to Okuninushi, the Kami of Marriage, who was the son of the storm god Susanowa, and the nephew of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
	www.spiritsongs.org /Shintoism_Shinto_Shrine_Kami_Way_Way_of_Kami_Goddesses_Gods.htm (1237 words)

	Traditional Japan--Lecture notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The oldest center of Shinto worship was that of the Izumo Shrine on the Japan Sea coast, and thus close to the Korean peninsula, by way of which continental civilization had reached Japan.
		The shrine at Ise, that of the Sun Goddess, came to be the most important, and it was there that various symbols of the imperial power were displayed.
		The shrine was in the charge of a medium who transmitted messages both from the kami and from the political rulers.
	www.pitt.edu /~annj/courses/notes/sept8.html (662 words)

	Izumo shrine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Izumo shrine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Izumo shrine in (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan was built by (A native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language) Korean immigrants in the time roughly 100 BCE to 100 AD.
		It is considered the second most important original shrine in Japan, and reflects the beginning of prehistoric Korean influences on Japanese Culture.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/iz/izumo_shrine.htm (106 words)

	from Very Large Array, Convolute 3
		The shrine is on the western side of the main island, much more rough and rural, facing the Sea of Japan between Japan and China.
		The shrine is a five-minute walk from Asakusabashi Station on the JR Sobu Line.
		shrine, which is surrounded by a double wooden fence, dates from 1744.
	www.swarthmore.edu /Humanities/pschmid1/array/convolute3/shimenawa.html (1487 words)

	Search Results for "Shrine" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is a religious center, famous as the site of the ancient Izumo shrine.
		The word is also used to refer to the response itself and to the shrine...
		It is the site of a famous shrine established in 1620 by sailors who had been shipwrecked.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Shrine (277 words)

	Izumo Shrine History Summary
		Izumo Taisha (also known as Izumo no Oyashiro, the Grand Shrine of Izumo), one of the oldest and most influential shrines in Japan, is located in Kizuki, Shimane Prefecture, once the feudal Izumo domain.
		Izumo Shrine is built in the archaic taisha-zukuri ("great-shrine building") style of shrine architecture.
		The shrine is popular among young couples for bestowing felicitous marital relations and is also thought to protect agriculture and offer good fortune.
	www.bookrags.com /history/worldhistory/izumo-shrine-ema-03 (274 words)

	Izumo on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Obit Senge 4 18 0161 Senge, chief priest of Izumo Shrine
		As with every shrine throughout the country, visitors inscribe an oracle on paper, and after having read it, attach it to a tree.
		Tree covered with paper oracles at the Oyashimo shrine, devoted to the "kami" deity of family and love.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Izumo.asp (683 words)

	Izumo Taisha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Izumo Taisha (出雲大社; also Izumo no Ōyashiro) is one of the most ancient and important of the Shinto shrines in Japan.
		Its name means "The Grand Shrine of Izumo." No record gives the date of establishment.
		It has been hypothesized that the shrine may have been erected by the founders of the Yamato civilization in Japan, after their arrival from the Korean peninsula.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Izumo-Taisha.htm (247 words)

	Shinto
		The earliest constructed Shinto shrines suggest the form of single dwelling houses in ancient times and were in fact intended to house ancestral spirits who would be given food offerings.
		Shrines were erected to house both kinds of kami and accommodate rituals and celebrations intended to maintain harmonious unity between the deities and man. The location of a shrine represented the legendary settlement of that shrine’s kami.
		Shrines reflected family honor and noble families commissioned the designs and supported the building of many new magnificent shrines in Kyoto and Nara, cities where one may still find the most beautiful and elaborate shrines in Japan.
	ias.berkeley.edu /orias/visuals/japan_visuals/shinto.HTM (961 words)

	Immortal Geisha - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		O-Kuni was a lovely daughter of a flsmith in the town of Kitsuki and became a sacred dancer of the Grand Shinto Shrine of Izumo.
		The Grand Shinto Shrine of Izumo, popularly known as the taisha, lies on the coast of the Sea of Japan, being dedicated to the Terrestrial God Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto.
		The style of the Grand Shrine of Izumo is the oldest in existence and is regarded as a precious model representing the mythological architecture.
	immortalgeisha.com /ig/mo_1937.cfm (2183 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The kami of Itsukushima are sea kami and Okuninushi of Izumo is a kami mostly associated with marriage and the land.
		In the case of Izumo I think something similar is happening, this is what it is famous for, going here has meaning that is deeper than the area, that has something to do with community.
		Only at Izumo, it is more pronounced because the myths that take place here have not only regional significance but are traceable to the creation myths of the entire nation.
	www.public.asu.edu /~mikof/jpn201/ds/izumo.html (1011 words)

	Kagura
		The grounds of a Shinto shrine can be a simple structure as in many village or in the neighborhood shrines of big cities.
		The two oldest and most revered are the shrine of the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu-no O-Mikami at Ise and the shrine of Susanoo no O-Mikoto at Izumo.
		The Shrine at Izumo is great complex of structures in natural wood.
	aris.ss.uci.edu /rgarfias/gagaku/kagura.html (267 words)

	Izumo no Kuni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Her father was a flsmith for the Izumo Grand Shrine and, consequently, the family served as well.
		Izumo was sent to Kyoto to perform sacred dances and songs.
		Incidentally, Izumo no Okuni introduced the hanamichi, the "flower path," or runway leading to the stage from the left rear of the theatre, crossing between the audience.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/okuni.html (397 words)

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