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, also known as , is a Shinto shrine located in Sakurai, Nara, Japan.〔Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964). '' Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan,'' pp. 252-286.〕 The shrine is noted because it contains no sacred images or objects because it is believed to serve Mount Miwa, the mountain on which it stands.〔 (Ōmiwa Shrine site )〕 For the same reason, it has a , but no . In this sense, it is a model of what the first Shinto shrines were like.〔Tamura, page 21〕 Ōmiwa Shrine is one of the oldest extant Shinto shrines in Japan and the site has been sacred ground for some of the earliest religious practices in Japan. Because of this, it has sometimes been named as Japan's first shrine. Ōmiwa Shrine is a tutelary shrine of the Japanese sake brewers.〔 ==History== Ōmiwa Shrine's history is closely related to Mount Miwa and the religious practices surrounding the mountain. In the early Kofun period, Yamato kings and leaders had shifted their attention to ''kami'' worship on Mount Miwa, and Ōmiwa Shrine was the major institution for this branch of worship.〔Brown (1993), 116-117.〕 The style of Shinto surrounding Miwa became later known as Miwa Shinto, and is set apart from previous practices by a more structured theological philosophy. The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.〔Breen, John ''et al.'' (2000). ( ''Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami,'' pp. 74-75. )〕 In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers be sent to report important events to the guardian ''kami'' of Japan. These ''heihaku'' were initially presented to 16 shrines, including Ōmiwa.〔Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). ''Studies in Shinto and Shrines,'' pp. 116-117.〕 Ōmiwa was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (''ichinomiya'') for the former Yamato province. 〔("Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 1. ); retrieved 2011-08-010〕 From 1871 through 1946, Ōmiwa was officially designated one of the , meaning that it stood in the first rank among government supported shrines.〔Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' pp. 124.〕 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「Ōmiwa jinja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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