| Chiba Shrine 千葉神社 | |
|---|---|
 Chiba Shrine's two-story shrine building (重層社殿, jūsō-shaden) | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Deity | Ame-no-Minakanushi (formerly Myōken) Futsunushi Yamato Takeru |
| Festival | Myōken Taisai (16-22 August) Otori-sama (November) |
| Location | |
| Location | 1-16-1, Innai, Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture |
  Shown within Japan | |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°36′42.5″N 140°7′25.8″E / 35.611806°N 140.123833°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Taira no Tadatsune, Kakusan |
| Date established | 1000 (Chōhō 2) |
| Website | |
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 Glossary of Shinto | |
Chiba Shrine (千葉神社, Chiba-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Chūō-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. Originally a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity Myōken, the patron of the Chiba clan, it was converted into a Shinto shrine dedicated to Ame-no-Minakanushi (a kami in Japanese mythology conflated with Myōken) during the Meiji period.
Due to its historical status as one of the principal centers of Myōken worship in Chiba Prefecture associated with the Chiba clan, the shrine is also popularly known as Chiba Dai-Myōken (千葉大妙見, "Great Myōken [Shrine] of Chiba"), Myōken Hongū (妙見本宮, the ″Main Shrine (Hongū) of Myōken″), or simply as Myōken-sama (妙見様).