Outer Shrine

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The Outer Shrine, or Gekū, is one of the two main sanctuaries of Japan’s Ise Grand Shrine complex, traditionally dedicated to the Shinto deity of agriculture and industry, Toyouke-Ōmikami.

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Label Occurrences
Outer Shrine canonical 2

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto shrine
main sanctuary
religious building
associatedWith agricultural rites
imperial rituals
contrastsWith Inner Shrine
country Japan
culturalContext Japanese culture
dedicatedTo Toyouke-Ōmikami
deityType kami of agriculture
kami of industry
hasEnglishName Outer Shrine of Ise
hasFeature periodic reconstruction tradition
hasJapaneseName Gekū
hasRole sanctuary for Toyouke-Ōmikami
hasSignificance important Shinto sanctuary
major pilgrimage site
JapaneseTermType Gekū
locatedIn Ise
locatedInPrefecture Mie Prefecture
oneOf two main sanctuaries of Ise Grand Shrine
partOf Ise Grand Shrine
Ise Jingū complex
linked to: Ise Grand Shrine
religion Shinto
religiousTradition State Shinto (historically)
linked to: State Shinto

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ise Grand Shrine hasPart Outer Shrine
Ise Grand Shrine secondaryShrine Outer Shrine