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{{Expand Japanese}}'''Amenota Nagao Shrine''' (Ame no Tanaga Ojinja,<ref name="日本廻国記">『日本廻国記 一宮巡歴』 pp.278-281</ref><ref name="日本歴史地名大系">『日本歴史地名大系 43 長崎県の地名』 pp.814-815</ref><ref name="長崎県の歴史散歩">『長崎県の歴史散歩』 p.202</ref> Amanotanaga Ojinja <ref name="日本廻国記一宮表">『日本廻国記 一宮巡歴』 p.294</ref> <ref name="別冊歴史読本">『別冊歴史読本 7 諸国一宮と謎の神々』 p.150</ref> <ref name="完全ガイド">『日本全国 一の宮巡拝完全ガイド』 p.139</ref> ) is a Shinto shrine in Iki City, [[Nagasaki Prefecture]]. It is a [[Myojin Taisha]] and the [[Ichinomiya]] of [[Iki Province]].

Although people think the Shrine was listed in the "[[Engishiki Jinmyocho]]", the evidence supporting this claim is not very convincing.
== Gallery ==
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File:Hachigatayama.JPG|alt=鉢形山（はちがた‐）この山の頂に当社は鎮座している。|The shrine is at the top of mount Hachigatayama
File:Amanotanagao_jinja_Honden_and_Haiden.JPG|alt=社殿拝殿（黄色い壁の部分）から続く屋根覆い（白い壁の部分）により本殿は雨風から保護されている。|The main shrine is sheltered from the rain and wind by a roof cover, which is a white wall that extends from the worship hall (a yellow wall part).
File:Remain_of_Amanotanagahime_jinja.JPG|alt=村社 天手長比売神社址天手長比売神社は昭和40年（1965年）に当社へ合祀された。物部布都神社、若宮神社、宝満神社および粟島神社も同時期に合祀。|The Atenagahime Shrine ruins were incorporated into the shrine in 1965.<ref name="日本歴史地名大系" /> 
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== Sources ==
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== Reference material ==

* " Dai Nihonkoku Ichinomiya Chronicle " ( Hokiichi Hanawa " Gunrokuju vol.2 Jingibu" April 15, 1977 Correction 3rd edition 3rd edition (published October 15, 1932), Sequel Gunrokuju Completion Meeting .)
* Yoshida Togo "Augmented Great Japan Geographical Dictionary (4) Saigoku" Aug. 20, 1976 Augmented 3rd Edition (December 3, 1901 First Edition, Jun. 25, 1971 Augmented Edition), Toyamabo . ISBN 4-572- 00030-1
* Jiro Kawamura "Nippon Kaikoku Ichinomiya Tour" May 8, 1987 First edition, Kawade Shobo Shinsha . ISBN 4-309-22131-9
* Edited by Seiichiro Seno and Mikio Toyama " Kadokawa Japanese Geographic Dictionary 42 Nagasaki Prefecture" July 8, 1987, Kadokawa Shoten . ISBN 4-040-01420-0
* Supervised by Seiichiro Seno "Japanese Historical Place Names 43 Place Names in Nagasaki Prefecture" October 14, 2001 1st edition 1st edition, Heibonsha . ISBN 4-582-49043-3 .
* History Subcommittee, Nagasaki Prefectural High School Education Study Group, Geohistory Civic Subcommittee, History Walk 42 Nagasaki Prefecture History Walk June 25, 2005 1st edition, Yamakawa Publishing Co., Ltd. ISBN 4-634-24642-2
* "Separate Volume Historical Reading Book 7 Ichinomiya of the Countries and Mysterious Gods" May 2008, 5, New Person Oraisha . ISBN 978-4-404-03607-0
* Invitation quest pilgrimage meeting "Complete Guide to Pilgrimage to Ichinomiya in Japan" June 15, 2011 First edition 1st edition, Mates Publishing . ISBN 978-4-7804-0963-5
* [http://www.iki-haku.jp/index.html Iki City Ichikoku Museum website]

== Other websites ==
* [http://21coe.kokugakuin.ac.jp/db/jinja/676002.html Ametenagao Shrine] (Kokugakuin University 21st Century COE Program "Shinto and Shrine Historical Materials Compilation")

[[Category:Ichinomiya]]
[[Category:Myōjin Taisha]]
[[Category:Min-sha]]
[[Category:Son-sha]]
[[Category:Shinto shrines in Nagasaki Prefecture]]