Kehi Shrine (氣比神宮, Kehi Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in the Akebono-chō neighborhood of the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Echizen Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on September 4.[1] The shrine is considered the chief guardian shrine of the Hokuriku region.
^Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
KehiShrine (氣比神宮, Kehi Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in the Akebono-chō neighborhood of the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya...
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(brought from KehiShrine in 1208 Ichikishimahime-no-Ōkami (市杵島比売大神), brought from Itsukushima Shrine in 1208 The foundation of Niutsuhime Shrine is uncertain...
classified Shinto shrines as either official government shrines or "other" shrines. The official shrines were divided into Imperial shrines (kampeisha), which...
Gerhild (1979). "On the Dramatic Tradition in Kagura: A Study of the Medieval Kehi Songs as Recorded in the Jotokubon". Asian Folklore Studies. 38 (1): 1–23...
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Kagosaka no Miko (香坂王) and Oshikuma no Miko's (忍熊王) rebellion The great god Kehi (気比大神) The Sakekura song (酒楽) Homudawake-no-Mikoto (品陀和気命), or Emperor Ōjin...
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