Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Itsukushima Shinto Shrine' has mentioned 'Island' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Itsukushima Shrine (xe5x8exb3xe5xb3xb6xe7xa5x9exe7xa4xbe (xe5x9axb4xe5xb3xb6xe7xa5x9exe7xa4xbe), Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating" torii gate. | WIKI |
| It is important to note, however, that as a result of waging war against Sue Takafusa there in 1555, Motonari is said to have tainted the island's grounds by battling on the island. | WIKI |
| Kiyomori was at the height of his power when he established the Taira dominion over the island. | WIKI |
| It is also said that Kiyomori rebuilt the shrine on account of a dream he had of an old monk who promised him dominion over Japan if he constructed a shrine on the island of Miyajima, and pay homage to its kami who are enshrined there for his success in life. | WIKI |
| Kiyomori believed the goddesses to be "manifestations of Kannon," therefore the island was understood as the home of the bodhisattva. | WIKI |
| [9] In Japanese, Itsukushima translates to mean " island dedicated to the gods"[2] In fact, the island itself is also considered to be a god, which is why the shrine was built on the outskirts of the island. | WIKI |
| Because the island itself has been considered sacred, commoners were not allowed to set foot on it throughout much of its history to maintain its purity. | WIKI |
| Burials on the island are forbidden. | WIKI |
| The torii gate, accessible from the island during low tide | WIKI |
| The shrine was designed and built according to the Shinden-zukuri style, equipped with pier-like structures over the Matsushima bay in order to create the illusion of floating on the water, separate from island, which could be approached by the devout "like a palace on the sea. | WIKI |
| When the tide is low, it is only approachable by foot from the island. | WIKI |
| The Island of Itsukushima, in the Seto inland sea, has been a holy place of Shintoism since the earliest times. | UNESCO |
| The property covers 431.2 hectares on the Island of Itsukushima, and the buffer zone (2,634.3 ha) includes the rest of the island and part of the sea in front of Itukushima-jinia. | UNESCO |
| Moreover, the remaining area of the island and a section on the sea forms an overall buffer zone to control proposed development activities, and thus the integrity of the property is intact. | UNESCO |
| These laws impose restrictions on construction of new buildings and tree felling.Land on the island, other than the property area and a section of the sea, forms the buffer zone, which is covered wholly under the 1950 Law and the 1957 Law to protect and preserve the cultural and natural environments and to restrict any acts that might adversely affect their existing conditions, inter alia construction of new structures and tree felling. | UNESCO |