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and , also called 〔Iwanami Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version.〕 (collectively known as 〔The term ''setsumatsusha'' is the combination of the two terms ''sessha'' and ''massha''.〕) are small or miniature shrines entrusted to the care of a larger shrine, generally due to some deep connection with the enshrined ''kami''. The two terms used to have legally different meanings, but are today synonyms. ''Setsumatsusha'' can lie either or the main shrine's premises. ''Setsumatsusha'' are usually 1x1 ''ken'' in size. They can however be as small as beehives or relatively large and have 1x2, 1x3 or even, in one case, 1x7 bays.〔JAANUS, (Misedana-zukuri ).〕 ==History== The practice of building ''sessha'' and ''massha'' shrines within a ''jinja'' predates written history. The earliest ''setsumatsusha'' usually had some strong connection to the history of the area or the family of the enshrined ''kami''. During the Heian period, Ise Shrine used to make a distinction between the two types based on whether a shrine belonged to the Engishiki ''Jinmyōchō'' list (''sessha'') or to the ''Enryaku gishikichō'' list (''massha''). From the Japanese Middle Ages onwards, at other shrines popular ''kami'' like Hachiman, Inari or were often enshrined 〔Through a process called ''kanjō''.〕 in ''setsumatsusha'', but no clear distinction between the two terms was made. From the Meiji period to the Second World War, a shrine dedicated to family members of a ''kami'', to the , or the ''kami'' of the region where the main shrine was, were to be considered ''sessha'' with a higher rank than the rest, which were called ''massha''.〔 When the shrine ranking system was abolished in 1946, legally the distinction disappeared, but both terms remained in use out of habit. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Setsumatsusha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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