Tsushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the head shrine of a nationwide shrine network of shrines dedicated to the Tsushima Cult, Centered primarily in the Tōkai region, this network has approximately 3,000 shrines and is the tenth-largest network in the country. The main kami of this faith are Gozu Tennō, the god of pestil…
Tsushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the head shrine of a nationwide shrine network of shrines dedicated to the Tsushima Cult, Centered primarily in the Tōkai region, this network has approximately 3,000 shrines and is the tenth-largest network in the country. The main kami of this faith are Gozu Tennō, the god of pestilences, and Susanoo, two deities that have been conflated together. For this reason, like other shrines of the network it is also called Tsushima Gozutennō-sha. See Gion faith for more info.
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