Sumiyoshi Shrine (Iki City)

Sumiyoshi Shrine (Iki City) is a Shinto shrine located on Iki Island in Japan.^[1][2] It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.^[3]

Sumiyoshi Shrine
Honden
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Sumiyoshi sanjin
Glossary of Shinto

In 927 it was listed as a Myojin Taisha in the Engishiki.^[4]

It is a branch shrine of Sumiyoshi-taisha.^[5] A shrine located in Osaka.^[6][7][8]

It is one of the oldest Sumiyoshi shrines alongside Sumiyoshi jinja in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka prefecture, and Moto Sumiyoshi Shrine in Kobe, Hyōgo prefecture. However, it is not known which one of these is the oldest.^[9]

Strangely for a sea god shrine, it is located in the center of the Island. The shrine has a myth that it is located in the center because the gods were disturbed by the sound of the waves.^[5]