Itukusima Shinto shrine (Hiroshima Prefecture)
TheItukusima Shinto shrine of the three most famous views in Japan is ebb and flow and day and night of tide, and changes the figure . Tairano Kiyomori who got wealth by trade with SOU founded. The company who pushed out at sea suitably although the sea god is deified adopts the style of the classic aristocratic mansion style of the Heian period, and a graceful atmosphere drifts. The great torii of the symbol which appears into the sea is 16m in height, and is the thing of the 8th generation.

 It has been under sea water to the main shrine.  Connected people  It prepares for water.
- Tairano Kiyomori ... It believed in the Itukusima shrine enthusiastically and was made the form of the present classic aristocratic mansion style.
- Mori Motonari ... A surprise attack was made on the old enemy (setting and carrying out), Mr. To, in Miyajima in 1555. (Itukusima battle)
- Hideyoshi Toyotomi ... The 1000 た big building which comforts the dead soldiers was made to be built.
Since the Itukusima shrine rises high in the sea, the device to various water is made.
The crevice was built to the board of the passage, and it is made to distribute the power of water, or it has the stone of a weight so that a building may not come floating

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 The dream of the aristocrat of the Heian period is realized.

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Cultural heritage 1996