Located 60 km off the western coast of Kyushu island, the island of Okinoshima is an exceptional example of the tradition of worship of a sacred island. The archaeological sites that have been preserved on the Island are virtually intact, and provide a chronological record of how the rituals performed there changed from the 4th to the 9th centuries CE. In these rituals, votive objects were deposited as offerings at different sites on the Island. Many of them are of exquisite workmanship and had been brought from overseas, providing evidence of intense exchanges between the Japanese archipelago, the Korean Peninsula and the Asian continent. Integrated within the Grand Shrine of Munakata, the island of Okinoshima is considered sacred to this day.
国别 | 日本 Japan |
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中文名称 | 神宿之岛_宗像_冲之岛及相关遗产群 |
英文名称 | Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region |
遗产类别 | 文化遗产 |
登录年份 | 2017 |
选入标准 | (ii)(iii) |
遗产范围包括:
- Okinishima
- Koyajima
- Mikadobashira
- Tenguiwa
- Okitsu-miya Yohaisho, Munakata Taisha
- Nakatsu-miya, Munakata Taisha
- Hetsu-miya, Munakata Taisha
- Shimbaru-Nuyama Mounded Tomb Group