Prayer of Reverence to the Three Eastern Shrines

拝吾妻三社詞

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Kashima Shrine

Kashima Shrine

Azuma no kuninomitsuyashiro to tataegotōe matsuru吾妻国の三社と称辞竟へ奉る

Hitachinokunikashimanokohorikashimanomiya ni shizumarimashimasu takemikazuchi no ōkami常陸国鹿島郡鹿島宮に鎮座坐す武甕槌大神

Katori Shrine

Shimotsufusanoku ni katorinokohorikatorinomiyanishizumarimashimasu futsunushi no ōkami下総国香取郡香取宮に鎮座坐す経津主大神

Ikisu Shrine and the closing

Hitachinoku ni ikisu no yashironishizumarimashimasufunato no kaminomimae o常陸国息栖社に鎮座坐す岐神の御前を

Tsutsushimi uyamahi kashikomi kashikomi mo haruka ni ogami matsuru慎み敬ひ、畏み畏みも遥かに拝み奉る

TranslationKashima Shrine

I offer words of praise to the three shrines of the eastern lands: first, Takemikazuchi Ōkami, enshrined at Kashima Shrine in Kashima District, Hitachi Province.

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About Prayer of Reverence to the Three Eastern Shrines

Overview

A historical morning prayer that worships, in order and from afar, the kami of Kashima Jingu, Katori Jingu, and Ikisu Jinja—the Three Shrines of the Eastern Provinces.

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3sections
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Purposes

  • To worship the kami of the three eastern shrines from a distance
  • To name each shrine, its location, and its kami with reverence

Deities and subjects

Takemikazuchi Okami
Is revered as the kami enshrined at Kashima
Futsunushi Okami
Is revered as the kami enshrined at Katori
Funado no Kami
Is named in the historical text as the kami enshrined at Ikisu

Background

This prayer appears in a nineteenth-century collection of morning devotions. It preserves the divine names and readings of its 1881 text, which are kept distinct from the forms used by the three shrines today.

Flow of the text

Across 3 sections, the text moves from “Kashima Shrine” to “Ikisu Shrine and the closing.”

What to know before reading

  • The prayer proceeds from Kashima to Katori to Ikisu, then concludes by revering all three shrines together.

  • Its identification of the Ikisu deity as Funado no Kami follows a historical line of transmission.

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