Ōyamato Shrine

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Ōyamato Shrine 大和神社
The Haiden, or main prayer hall.
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Yamato Okunitama, Ōkuninushi, Toshigami
Location
Location	306 Hoshiyama, Shinsencho, Tenri, Nara
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	34°34′15″N 135°50′15″E / 34.57083°N 135.83750°E / 34.57083; 135.83750
Architecture
Style	Kasuga-zukuri
Website
www5.plala.or.jp/ooyamato/
Glossary of Shinto

Ōyamato Shrine (大和神社, Ōyamato Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tenri, Nara in Japan.

In the time of

After this Ōyamato Shrine was founded for Yamato Okunitama^[6] and the descendants of the Yamato clan serve the shrine to this day.

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.^[7] In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These heihaku were initially presented to 16 shrines including the Ōyamato Shrine.^[8]

From 1871 through 1946, the Ōyamato Shrine was officially designated one of the

The shrine was a guardian shrine of Japanese battleship Yamato.^[10]

See also

• List of Shinto shrines
• Twenty-Two Shrines
• Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines

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