is a Shinto shrine in the city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The shrine has been known by many names in its long history, including Soto Jinja. The shrine’s main festival is held annually on April 15.
The primary kami of Izusan Jinja is the Izu Daigongen, an amalgamation of Honomusuhi-no-mikoto, Izanagi and his consort Izanami
The volcanic springs and a geyser at Atami were regarded in ancient Japan as manifestations of the kami, and ancient records indicate that a shrine already existed here by 594 AD. The actual date of the shrine’s foundation is unknown, with shrine legend mentioning the semi-legendary Emperor Kōshō and Empress Suiko as possible candidates. The shrine legend also claims that it was appointed as an official shrine for prayers to the Imperial clan under Emperor Nintoku, Emperor Seinei, Emperor Bidatsu, Emperor Kōtoku and Emperor Go-Nara.
The shrine later became a center of the Shugendō mountain cult.
After he was exiled to Izu, Minamoto no Yoritomo worshipped at Izusan Shrine for divine assistance in his struggle to overthrow the Heike clan in the Genpei War. He also used the shrine grounds as a location to rally the local gōzoku clans to his side. Izu Shrine is also noted as the location to which Yoritomo and Hōjō Masako eloped – an event which brought the Hōjō clan to his side and which was instrumental in the successful establishment of the Kamakura shogunate. Yoritomo and Masako later had the shrine rebuilt on a large scale, and its holdings extended as far as Echigo Province. The shrine was later patronized by the Odawara Hōjō, the Imagawa clan and the Tokugawa clan.
During the Edo period, visitors to Atami increased due to its location near the Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto, and the need for daimyōs to make regular journeys because of the sankin-kōtai system. The shrine was granted revenues of 300 koku by the Tokugawa shogunate.
Most of the shrine records and many of its structures were lost in the destruction of the shinbutsu bunri movement following the Meiji Restoration.
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