Naikū

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Naikū is the inner sanctuary of Japan’s Ise Grand Shrine, dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu and regarded as one of Shinto’s most sacred sites.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Naikū canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto shrine ⓘ
inner sanctuary ⓘ
accessRestricted true ⓘ
architecturalStyle Shinmei-zukuri ⓘ
associatedWith Imperial House of Japan ⓘ
Imperial Regalia of Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance center of traditional Ise pilgrimage ⓘ
dedicatedTo Amaterasu ⓘ
establishedBefore 8th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kōtai Jingū ⓘ
hasApproach sandō ⓘ
hasBuilding offering halls ⓘ
priestly residences ⓘ
treasure halls ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterialTaboo use of unpainted natural wood ⓘ
hasEnshrinement Amaterasu as ancestral deity of imperial line ⓘ
hasEntranceGate Torii ⓘ
hasFestival Kannamesai Festival ⓘ
hasForest sacred shrine forest ⓘ
hasFunction national prayer site ⓘ
site of imperial offerings ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 内宮 ⓘ
hasOuterFences multiple concentric fences ⓘ
hasPilgrimageRoute Ise pilgrimage ⓘ
linked to: Ise Grand Shrine
hasRitual Shikinen Sengū ⓘ
hasRitualPurification misogi at Isuzu River ⓘ
hasSacredBridge Uji Bridge ⓘ
hasSacredObject Yata no Kagami ⓘ
innerSanctumAccess limited to priests and select individuals ⓘ
isComponentOf Ise Jingū ⓘ
linked to: Ise Grand Shrine
linkedTo Japanese imperial mythology ⓘ
locatedIn Ise, Mie Prefecture ⓘ
linked to: Ise City
mainDeity Amaterasu Ōmikami ⓘ
linked to: Amaterasu
managedBy Jingū Administration ⓘ
nearRiver Isuzu River ⓘ
orientation east-west ⓘ
partOf Ise Grand Shrine ⓘ
primaryMaterial Japanese cypress wood ⓘ
primaryStructure Honden ⓘ
reconstructionCycle every 20 years ⓘ
regardedAs one of the most sacred Shinto sites ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
roofMaterial thatch ⓘ
sacredStatus jingū (grand shrine) ⓘ
worshipFocus sun goddess ⓘ
worshipType State-level Shinto shrine ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Inner Shrine → alsoKnownAs → Naikū ⓘ
Jingū → hasComponentShrine → Naikū ⓘ
Gekū → associatedWith → Naikū ⓘ
伊勢市 → hasReligiousSite → Naikū ⓘ
伊勢市 → hasInnerShrine → Naikū ⓘ