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麻賀多神社

Chiba-ken,  Narita-shi, Daikata 1  千葉県成田市台方 1

Makata Jinja

Japanese

Nearest station:  Kozunomori  Line: Keisei (KS39) 

Sacred Tokyo 40 Shinto Shrines

Enshrined Kami:  

Main

Wakumusubi-no-kami 稚産霊

In-ground Subordinate Shrines:

​Haraedo-Sha                            祓戸社   
Furumine Jinja                          古峯神社
Mitsumine Jinja                        三峯神社
Inbanokuninomiyakko Jinja   印旛國造神社
Sakitama Jinja                           幸霊神社
Amenohitsuku Jinja                 天日津久神社
Aoso Jinja                                   青麻神社
Sarutahiko Jinja                         猿田彦神社
Umakitanoiratsume                馬来太郎女神社

Amatsukami Jinja                     天神神社

 

​Annual Festival:  Last Sunday of July

According to the shrine legend it was founded in the 42nd year of the reign of the 12th Emperor, Keiko, (AD 112) when Yamato Takeru was on his military campaign in the east of the country. He came across a cedar tree to the trunk of which he attached a mirror and told the population that if they worshipped the mirror as the deity Inbano Kunitama-Okitsukagami good harvests would follow. He also worshipped the great deity of Ise from afar. 
In the 20th year of the reign of the 15th emperor, Ojin, (AD 290) an eighth generation descendant of Kamuyaimimi-Mikoto(神八井耳命), Inbunokuni-Miyaku(印波国造), built a shrine in what is now Funagata in Narita-shi. Wakahiru-me-Mikoto (稚日女尊) was enshrined there and Yamato Takeru’s mirror became the shrine’s Shintai.   Inbunokuni also unearthed seven jewels from underneath the cedar tree: he also installed these as Shintai and Wakumusubi-no-kami was enshrined. The two kami together were referred to as the Magatama (勾玉). The shrine was apparently then known as 真賀多真 Jinja and this name can also be  read as Magatama. 

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Another eighth generation descendant comes into the picture here. In the 16th year of the reign of the 33rd monarch, Empress Suiko (608 AD), Hirosuki-tegurokiko, an eighth generation descendant of the above mentioned Inbunokuni-Miyaku, acting on a divine commandment moved the shrine to its current location in Narita-shi with Wakumusubi-no-kami as the deity. 

Given the shrine's age it is not surprising that it is listed in the Engi-Shiki. The listing is in the Imba district of Shimosa, part of the current Chiba-ken and its name is given as Magata Jinja. The final ma 真 was dropped from the name, apparently to avoid any confusion with the Magatama  (勾玉) mentioned above as that magatama is the jewel component of the Three Imperial Regalia.

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