Uji shrine
The Uji Shrine ( Japanese 宇 治 神社 , Uji-jinja ) is a Shinto shrine at the foot of Mount Asahiyama on the east bank of the Ujigawa River in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture in Japan . Until the Meiji Restoration , this shrine formed a unit with the Ujigami shrine . Both shrines together were called Uji Rikyū Shimmei ( Hachimangū ) ( 宇 治 離宮 明 神 （八 幡 宮） ), namely this shrine Rikyū shimo yashiro ( 離宮 下 社 , "lower shrine") or Wakamiya ( 若 宮 , "young shrine"), and the other Rikyū kami yashiro ( 離宮 上 社 , "upper shrine") or Honmiya ( 本 宮 , "main shrine"). The same people are venerated in both shrines, Uji-no-Wakiiratsuko and the emperors Ōjin and Nintoku .
Overview
When Fujiwara no Michinaga built the Byōdō-in , he is said to have built these shrines for protection. The current main hall of the Uji Shrine dates from the Kamakura period and is classified as an important cultural asset . It is built in the "Sangensha-nadare" style, the roof is covered with cypress bark. Inside is a wooden sculpture depicting Uji-no-Wakiiratsuko.
In ancient times, horse shows ( 競 馬 , Kurabe-uma ), Dengaku ( 田 楽 , a pre-form of Nō ) and the like were used for festivities . a. carried out with the Uji River said to have been full of boats. The Sarugaku is said to have developed from the Dengaku, which reached its peak in the 14th and 15th centuries. There are still white Nō masks (Jōmen type) in the Yukikaki ( 雪 掻 ) style from the Momoyama period. As shrine festivities there is the Shinkō-sai ( 神 幸 祭 ) on May 8th and the Kankō-sai ( 還 幸 祭 ) on June 8th. Only a portable shrine ( mikoshi ) is moved.
Every year on August 16th in the evening by torchlight Takigi-Nō ( 薪 能 ) is performed. Before the Kankō-sai, the elaborate Taihei - ( 大 弊 ) ceremony is performed, with requests to be protected from great harm.
literature
- Yamamoto, Jiro: Kyoto-fu no rekishi sampo (ge). Yamakawa Shuppan, 1999. ISBN 978-4-634-29660-2 . P. 31.
Coordinates: 34 ° 53 '27.8 " N , 135 ° 48' 38.5" E