The ichinomiya of Owari Province

What the Japanese sources say

Two shrines, Masumida Jinja (真清田神社) and Omiwa Jinja (大神神社), in Hanaike in Ichinomiya City, call themselves the ichinomiya of Owari Province.

The city of Ichinomiya explains the origin of its name this way: “In the Heian period, when the provincial governor (kokushi) went round the shrines of his province to worship at them, the shrine he set out for first was called the ‘ichinomiya.’” “Because the ‘ichinomiya’ of Owari Province was Masumida Jinja, this area, the town in front of its gate, came in time to be called ‘Ichinomiya.’” The official explanation by the city names only Masumida Jinja, and makes no mention of Omiwa Jinja.

Omiwa Jinja’s authorised website says it “was designated the ‘ichinomiya of Owari’ in the Nara period,” but that does not fit the period of the system the city of Ichinomiya describes, which it traces to the order in which provincial governors made their visits in the Heian period. No public source explaining this discrepancy could be found.

Written from Japanese sources, each quoted. The Japanese page has the same discussion with the original wording.