In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, as the idea of Sonno Joi (slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners) gained momentum, the one containing the names of the three pillar gods with the addition of 'the Ise-jingu Shrine' (Amaterasu Omikami (the sun goddess)) in the center was used. さらに幕末期には尊皇攘夷思想の高まりとともに「伊勢神宮」(天照大神)を中央に加えた三柱の神名を書いた掛け軸が使われた。 |