Take Shrine (多家神社) is a Sōja shrine in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima.
Take Shrine
Take Shrine 1941
Take-jinja, Haiden-1
Take-jinja, Haiden-2
Sōja (総社) is a type of Shinto shrine where the kami of a region are grouped together into a single sanctuary. This "region" may refer to a shōen, village or geographic area, but is more generally referred to a whole province. The term is also occasionally called "sōsha". The sōja are usually located near the provincial capital established in the Nara period under then ritsuryō system, and can either be a newly created shrine, or a designation for an existing shrine. The "sōja" can also be the "ichinomiya" of the province, which themselves are of great ritual importance.
Sōjagū [ja] in Sōja, Okayama, where 304 kami of Bitchu Province are collectively worshipped