Yusuhara Hachimangū

Yusuhara Hachiman-gū (柞原八幡宮), also known as Yasuhara Shrine, is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Oita, Oita on the island of Kyushu.[1]

Yusuhara Hachiman-gū (柞原八幡宮)
The south gate of Yusuhara Shrine is called Higurashimon, meaning a "gate from sunrise till sunset"
Religion
AffiliationShinto
Location
Yusuhara Hachimangū is located in Japan
Yusuhara Hachimangū
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates33°14′18.1″N 131°33′3.6″E
Glossary of Shinto

History

Yusuhara is believed to have been built in the early 9th century. It was established as a branch shrine temple (miyadera) of Usa jingū.[2]

Yusuhara was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Bungo Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Niigata Prefecture. [3] The enshrined kami are:

  • Chuai tenno (仲哀天皇)[1]
  • Emperor Oojin (応神天皇)[1]
  • Empress Jingu (神功皇后)[1]

In 1916, the shrine was listed among the 3rd class of nationally significant shrines or kokuhei-shōsha (国幣小社) .[4]

See also

References

  1. Kotodamaya.com, "Yasuhara Hachimangu"; retrieved 2012-10-25.
  2. Oita City Tourist Association, "Yusuhara Hachiman Shrine" Archived June 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; Haruko Nawata, Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, 1549-1650, p. 124n50; retrieved 2012-10-25.
  3. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-10-25.
  4. Holton, Daniel Clarence. (1922). The political philosophy of modern Shintō: a study of the state religion of Japan, p. 270.

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