Iwashimizu Hachimangū

Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine
石清水八幡宮
Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine; 石清水八幡宮
	Yawata, Kyoto
	Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	34°52′47″N 135°42′00″E / 34.87972°N 135.70000°E
Architecture
Style	Hachiman-zukuri
Date established	859
Website
	www.iwashimizu.or.jp
	Glossary of Shinto

Iwashimizu Hachimangū (石清水八幡宮) is a

Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

.

History

The shrine's Heian period connections with the Kyoto and the Imperial family date from its founding in 859 (Jōgan 1)^[1] when construction on its earliest structures commenced.^[2] Shrine tradition explains that Emperor Seiwa ordered the shrine to be built in obeisance to an oracle in which the god Hachiman expressed the desire to be near to Kyoto to watch over the city and the Imperial House of Japan.^[3] This vision was reported by a Buddhist monk, Gyōkyō, who had a second vision which led to selecting the Otokoyama location where the shrine now stands.^[4] Like other Hachiman shrines, until 1868 Iwashimizu was actually a shrine-temple complex (jingū-ji) called Iwashimizu Hachimangū-ji (石清水八幡宮寺) dedicated to Buddhism as much as to kami worship.^[5]

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.^[6] 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 Ōharano Shrine.^[7]

The shrine's importance and influence grew in succeeding centuries; and its extensive landholdings led to modest conflicts with

bakufu

faded away; and the shrine endured.

Iwashimizu Hachimangū and

Ise Shrine

were specified for "the two ancestral mausoleum" (二所宗廟) in the Middle Ages.

1456 (Kōshō 2, 3rd month):
Iwashimizu Shrine; and all the officials of the Daijō-kan joined him in going there.^[9]

From 1871 through 1946, Iwashimizu Hachimangū was officially designated one of the

Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture.^[10]

Imperial progresses to the shrine

In 979 (Tengen 2),
Emperor Enyū visited the shrine; and the shrine continued to be visited by nearly all the emperors until the reign of Emperor Go-Daigo, when the sovereigns began to live more secluded lives.^[11]

In the Shōhei era (1346–1370), Emperor Murakami visited Iwashimizu in person.^[12]
After the
Ōnin war (1467–1477), Imperial visits were held in abeyance for 200 years.^[13]

Shinto belief

The shrine is dedicated to the veneration of
Emperor Ojin.^[14]

Treasures

A 2005 survey of the treasures at Iwashimizu revealed, among other things, the existence of a kris, a jeweled Indonesian dagger, which was exhibited at Kyoto National Museum as part of an exhibit entitled "Famous Swords from Kyoto's Temples and Shrines."^[15]

See also

List of Shinto shrines

Twenty-Two Shrines

Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines

Minamoto no Yorinobu

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi

Notes

^ ^a ^b Kanda, Christine Guth. (1985). Shinzō: Hachiman Imagery and Its Development, p. 41.

^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 288.

^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, p. 78.

^ Kanda, p. 42.

^ Satō, Makoto: "Shinto and Buddhism". Encyclopedia of Shinto, Kokugakuin University, retrieved on August 14, 2011

^ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.

^ Ponsonby-Fane, Studies, pp. 116-117.

^ Maas, Jeffrey P. (1999). Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu: The Origins of Dual Government in Japan, p. 202.

^ Titsingh, p. 348.

^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124-126.

^ Ponsonby-Fane, Studies, p. 116.

^ Ponsonby-Fane, Studies, p. 218.

^ Ponsonby-Fane, Studies, p. 244.

^ Ponsbonby-Fane, Studies, pp. 78, 196.

^ Kyoto National Museum: 2006 exhibition, treasures Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine

References

ISBN 9780824823634; OCLC 43487317

Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press.
ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323

Kanda, Christine Guth. (1985). Shinzō: Hachiman Imagery and Its Development. Cambridge:
ISBN 978-0-674-80650-4

Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887

____________. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449

____________. (1963). Vicissitudes of Shinto. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 36655

Maas, Jeffrey P. (1999). Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu: The Origins of Dual Government in Japan. Stanford:
ISBN 978-0-8047-3591-9

Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

External links

(in Japanese) Iwashimizu Hachimangū web site (in Japanese)
Photos of Iwashimizu Hachimangū and references in ancient Japanese literature

[kanda41-1] Kanda, Christine Guth. (1985). Shinzō: Hachiman Imagery and Its Development, p. 41.

[b288-2] Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 288.

[pf78-3] Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, p. 78.

[4] Kanda, p. 42.

[5] Satō, Makoto: "Shinto and Buddhism". Encyclopedia of Shinto, Kokugakuin University, retrieved on August 14, 2011

[6] Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.

[7] Ponsonby-Fane, Studies, pp. 116-117.

[8] Maas, Jeffrey P. (1999). Yoritomo and the Founding of the First Bakufu: The Origins of Dual Government in Japan, p. 202.

[Titsingh,_p._348-9] Titsingh, p. 348.

[10] Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124-126.

[11] Ponsonby-Fane, Studies, p. 116.

[12] Ponsonby-Fane, Studies, p. 218.

[13] Ponsonby-Fane, Studies, p. 244.

[14] Ponsbonby-Fane, Studies, pp. 78, 196.

[15] Kyoto National Museum: 2006 exhibition, treasures Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine

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