Cultural Properties of the Munakata Region
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Letter of Notification from the Imperial Court |
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| Age |
Dated Kangi 3 (1231) |
| Description |
After the construction of Ouamidabutsu’s harbor of refuge in Kanezaki, the provincial governor of Chikuzen relayed that they were to be given 40-cho to be used toward the expense of repairing the shrine building of Munakata Shrine, in exchange for all of the wreckage of ships that had drifted ashore.
Additionally, the same command was also issued by the Oversight Department of the Left. The letter of notification from the Imperial Court cites a written report from Munakata Shrine, declaring the Munakata Goddess as having descended with the oracle of Amaterasu- ômikami, boasting a lineage unparalleled in all of Japan, and describing the standard practice of using all wreckage drifted ashore from Ashiyatsu to Shinguhama towards the cost of repairs. From other historical records, we know that Munakata Shrine demanded a substitution of 150-cho of land, and that for the Grand Shrine, there was not a satisfactory settlement of this issue. The acquisition of drifted wreckage was forbidden for a time, but the actual acquisition, based on the Munakata Daigûji family’s control of the Genkai Sea, continued until the Sengoku period. |
| volume / scale / area |
32.2x83.0cm |
| Collection |
Munakata Shrine Collection |
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| Catalog page |
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