Tanzan Shrine

Tanzan Shrine 談山神社
Pagoda of Tanzan Shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Fujiwara no Kamatari
Location
Location	319 Tōnomine, Sakurai-shi, Nara-ken 〒633-0032
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	34°27′57″N 135°51′42″E / 34.46583°N 135.86167°E / 34.46583; 135.86167
Architecture
Founder	Jo'e [ja]
Date established	678
Website
www.tanzan.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Tanzan Shrine (談山神社, Tanzan-jinja), also known as the Danzan Shrine, the Tōnomine Shrine (多武峯社, Tōnomine-sha) and the Tōnomine Temple (多武峯寺, Tōnomine-ji), is a Shinto shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan.^[1][2][3][4] It is located 5km from Ishibutai Kofun.^[5]

History

The shrine traces its origin to a Tendai temple built in the Asuka period (538 – 710) called Tōnomine-ji, built by the monk Jo'e [ja] (643 – 666). Jo'e [ja] was the oldest son of Fujiwara no Kamatari (614 – 669), founder of the Fujiwara clan. Jo'e [ja] located the temple on Tōnomine, a peak of on the southern side of Mount Goharetsu (619 metres (2,031 ft)). Jo'e [ja] moved the remains of Kamatari to a 13-story pagoda on the site. During the Heian period, the temple developed together with the prosperity of the Fujiwara clan. The emperors Daigo (884 – 930) and Go-Hanazono (1419 – 1471) attached special reverence to the temple, and bestowed it with various honorifics.^{[1][3][6][4][7]}

Under

During the anti-Buddhist

Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines, the Tanzan Shrine was designated a bekkaku kanreisha in 1874, an Imperial shrine of special status. The shrine lost this designation after the abolition of the ranked shrine system after World War II.^[2]

Structures

The present thirteen-story wooden

Important Cultural Properties of Japan. The honden, or main hall, is built in the Kasuga-zukuri style. It is dedicated to Fujiwara no Kamatari.^[1]

Kemari Matsuri

A

Matsuri, or kickball festival, is held every year on April 29 and the second Sunday in November. On this day, people in ancient costumes and arranged in a circle play a form of football

in which they kick a ball made of deerskin to each other.

See also

• For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.

References

1. ^
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   OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original
   on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
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   OCLC 173191044. dlc 2009238904. Archived from the original
   on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
5. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
6. OCLC 683276033. Archived from the original
   on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
7. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original
   on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

Gallery

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  Thirteen-storied pagoda
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  Lanterns
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  A secondary building at the shrine.
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  Matsuri

  at the shrine
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  Kemari Matsuri at the shrine

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tanzan-jinja.

• Official Site (Japanese)