The Ise Shrine, located in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the solar goddess Amaterasu Omikami and the grain goddess Toyouke-hime. Also known simply as Jingu, it is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, the Naiku and the Geku.
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Architectural Style Structural SystemRebuilt every 20 years under the Shikinen Sengu practice 2 Primary MaterialJapanese cypress (hinoki) 2 Visitor AccessGeneral public not allowed beyond sight of the central structures' thatched roofs 2 Connections
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Source Ise Shrine (Wikipedia)
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In Form: Architecture, lead paragraph
The Ise Shrine (Japanese: 伊勢神宮, Hepburn: Ise Jingū), located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the solar goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami and the grain goddess Toyouke-hime. Also known simply as Jingū (神宮),
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Shrine architecture section
The architectural style of the Ise shrine is known as shinmei-zukuri, characterized by extreme simplicity and antiquity.
Shrine architecture section, construction sentence
The shrine at Naiku is constructed of Japanese cypress.
Rebuilding the Shrine section
The shrine buildings at Naiku and Geku, as well as the Uji Bridge, are rebuilt every 20 years as a part of the Shinto belief in tokowaka.
Naiku, the inner shrine section
the general public not allowed beyond sight of the thatched roofs of the central structures, hidden behind four tall tamagaki
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