Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū
The Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū ( Japanese 石 清水 八 幡 宮 ) is one of the three large Hachiman - Shinto shrines in Japan and belongs to the Chokusaisha . It is located on Mount Otoko in the city of Yawata , southwest of Kyoto in Japan .
The founding date of the shrine goes back to the year 859 . In the Heian period there was a shrine called Iwa-shimizu-sha , which was converted into a Hachiman shrine when the capital was transferred from Nara to Kyoto . It thus became a protective wall against the “demon gate” (a concept from Chinese mythology) of the then capital of the country, whereby the country should be protected against evil influences. This was considered to be so important that the Tennō et al. a. came to the shrine to pray during the Mongol invasion and the Black Ships threat to the Japanese coast .
The current main building was built by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1634 . Its magnificent Momoyama style is particularly well known . Parts of the shrine are in the intricate hachiman-zukuri ( 八 幡 造 ).
The priesthood has remained hereditary since the shrine was established. The respective priest ( gūji ) is said to be a direct descendant of Take-no-uchi-no-sukune, the prime minister of Jingū -kōgō. All shrines that received a bunrei (s. Shintai ) from Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū usually have a side shrine ( sessha ) for Take-no-uchi-no-sukune right behind their honoring .
The honden is divided into six parts for three kami . These are usually supposed to stay in the back three and move their spirit into the front three when offered veneration. In a side shrine ( sessha ) the three Sumiyoshi-Kami are venerated together with their messenger, Isora-no-mikoto.
Every year at the beginning of June, the Iwa-shimizu-hachiman-gū hosts the Otokoyama Cherry Blossom Festival. The Iwashimizu festival (also Minami-Matsuri), one of the three great imperial festivals in Japan, is celebrated on September 15th. It goes back to special instructions from Go-Sanjō -tennō from the year 863. Among other things, fish and birds are released and a special miko - kagura is danced, with which the souls of the fish that died last year are to be appeased.
Particularly famous are the Hamaya the shrine, sold by the year to over 100,000.
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Youth Palace (important cultural asset).
Door on one floor.
Alley of stone lanterns tōrō .
Torii
Web links
- Official Website - Japanese
- Kyōto Prefecture Information Center - English
Coordinates: 34 ° 52 ′ 46.8 " N , 135 ° 42 ′ 0.2" E