Kōra taisha
Kōra taisha (高良大社) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Deity | Kōra Tamatare no mikoto |
Festival | 9 October |
Location | |
Location | 1 Mii-machi, Kurume-shi, Fukuoka-ken |
Geographic coordinates | 33°18′5.83″N 130°33′57.28″E / 33.3016194°N 130.5659111°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | c. Emperor Richū |
Date established | pre-Nara period |
Website | |
Official website | |
Glossary of Shinto |
Kōra Taisha (高良大社, Kōra-taisha) is a
Enshrined kami
The kami enshrined at Kōra Taisha are:
In addition, there is a guest room inside the main shrine, where Toyohime Ōkami (豊比咩大神) is enshrined. She is said to be the wife of Kōra Tamatare no mikoto. There are also many sub-shrines scattered around the main shrine's grounds.
History
The foundation of Kōra Taisha is unknown. Per the shrine's legend, it was founded either during the reign of Kofun period Emperor Nintoku or his son, Emperor Richū (during the late 4th or early 5th century). It first appears in historical documentation in the Nihon Kiryaku dated 795, in entries in the Shoku Nihon Kōki dated 840, 841, and 848 and in the Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku in entries dated 851 and 858. Per the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku, the enshrined kami Takara Tamatare-no-miko was awarded first court rank by the Imperial court in 870. In the early Heian period Engishiki it is given the rank of Myojin Taisha and is listed as the ichinomiya of Chikugo Province.[citation needed]
Furthermore, according to legend, the mountain was originally sacred to
The current shrine buildings were donated by Arima Yoritoshi, the third
The shrine is located a 50 minute walk from
Cultural Properties
Important Cultural Properties
- Kōra Taisha Honden, Heiden, Haiden (高良大社 本殿・幣殿・拝殿), Edo Period (1661), designated 1972. [6]
- Ōtorii (高良大社 大鳥居), Edo Period (1654), designated 1972. [7]
- Heike Monogatari (紙本墨書平家物語, Shihon bokusho Heike Monogatari), Paper and ink, Muromachi Period (1654), dedicated to the shrine by the monk Jakushun in 1794, designated 1911. [8]
Natural Monuments
- Phyllostachys edulis forest in Mt. Kōra (高良山のモウソウキンメイチク林, Kōra-san no Mosokinmei Chikurin), bamboo forest, designated in 1974[9]
Fukuoka Prefecture designated tangible cultural properties
- Kōra-san Mitarai Bridge (高良山御手洗橋)
- Kōra-taisha Engi (絹本著色高良大社縁起)
- Kōra-taisha Documents (高良大社所蔵文書)
Fukuoka Prefecture designated natural monument
- Kōra-taisha Camphora officinarum
Gallery
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Haiden
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Otorii (NICP)
See also
References
- ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2; retrieved 2013-1-25.
- ISBN 978-4634150867.
- ISBN 978-4569669304.
- ISBN 978-4634150867.(in Japanese)
- ISBN 978-4901398060.
- ^ "高良大社 本殿・幣殿・拝殿" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "高良大社 大鳥居" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "高良大社 大鳥居" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "高良山のモウソウキンメイチク林" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 December 2023.