Dewa Province
Dewa ( Japanese 出 羽 国 , Dewa no kuni ), also known as Ushū ( 羽 州 ), is one of the historic provinces of Japan . Today Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture (except for the cities of Kazuno and Kosaka ) are in the area .
Dewa was split off from Echigo Province in 708 and then slowly expanded northwards, while the Ainu, native to northern Honshū , were pushed back by the Japanese. Until the Heian period it was called Ideha Province with the same spelling.
In the Sengoku period , the southern part of the province was held by the Mogami clan and the northern part by the Akita . Both families had fought for Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara .
In the Meiji period , the province was split into the provinces of Uzen ( 羽 前 国 , dt. "Front Dewa") and Ugo ( 羽 後 国 , dt. "Rear Dewa").
Shrines
The following shrines are listed in the Jimmyōchō index of gods by Engishiki for Dewa:
- Ōmonoimi-jinja ( 大 物 忌 神社 ; today: Chōkaisan-Ōmonoimi-jinja ( 鳥 海山 大 物 忌 神社 )) in today's Yuza , Akumi-gun, Yamagata: a Myōjin Taisha
- Omonoimi-jinja ( 小 物 忌 神社 ) in Akumi-gun (today: Yamadate, Sakata, Yamagata)
- Gassan-jinja ( 月 山 神社 ) in Akumi-gun (today: Tachiyazawa, Shōnai , Yamagata): a Myōjin Taisha
- Oga-jinja ( 遠 賀 神社 ) in Tagawa-gun (today: 3 ronsha ( 論 社 )) in the districts of Inooka, Ogawara and Tonojima of Tsuruoka , Yamagata
- Yuzusame-jinja ( 由 豆 佐 売 神社 ) in Tagawa-gun (today: Yutagawa, Tsuruoka, Yamagata)
- Ideha-jinja ( 伊 弖 波 神社 , today: 出 羽 神社 ) in the Tagawa-gun (today: Tōge, Haguro-machi, Tsuruoka, Yamagata)
- Shioyuhiko-jinja ( 塩 湯 彦 神社 ) in the Hiraka-gun (today: Omatsukawa, Sannai, Yokote , Akita)
- Haushiwake-jinja ( 波 宇 志 別 神社 , today: Horowasan-Haushiwake-jinja ( 保 呂 羽山 波 宇 志 別 神社 )) in the Hiraka-gun (today: Yasawagi, Ōmori-machi, Yokote, Akita)
- Soegawa-jinja ( 副 川 神社 ) in the Yamamoto-gun, of which 4 ronsha ( 論 社 ) exist today:
- Soegawa-jinja in today's Uraō-machi, Hachirōgata , Akita
- Takerokusho-jinja ( 嶽 六 所 神社 ) in today's Jingūji, Daisen , Akita
- Hachiman-jinja ( 八 幡 神社 ) in today's Jingūji, Daisen , Akita
- Soegawa-shinmeija ( 添川 神明 社 ) in today's Soegawa, Akita , Akita
The Gassan-jinja and the Ideha-jinja are both shrines of the Three Mountains of Dewa .
The first shrine ( ichi no miya ) - in the sense of the highest shrine - of the province was the Ōmonoimi-jinja. The honden (main shrine) is on the summit of Chōkai-san and at its feet are the two kuchi no miya ( satomiya , English "village shrine ", meaning "more easily accessible from the village") Fukura ( 吹 浦 ) and Warabioka ( 蕨 岡 ). Both argued about being the first shrine until the Tokugawa shogunate established the Ōmonoimi-jinja on the mountain top as the first shrine in the province. The second shrine in the province was the Kinowa-jinja ( 城 輪 神社 ), a sessha of the Ōmonoimi-jinja. The third shrine in the province was the Omonoimi-jinja.
Coordinates: 39 ° 1 ′ N , 140 ° 19 ′ E