Ōharano Shrine

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Ōhorano Shrine (大原野神社, Ōharano jinja)
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3rd Torii
Religion
AffiliationShinto
Location
Ōharano Shrine is located in Japan
Ōharano Shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates34°57′37″N 135°39′22″E / 34.96028°N 135.65611°E / 34.96028; 135.65611Coordinates: 34°57′37″N 135°39′22″E / 34.96028°N 135.65611°E / 34.96028; 135.65611
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Sengan-zakura

Ōharano Shrine (大原野神社, Ōharano jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

Ōharano is dedicated to the Fujiwara tutelary kami, Amenokoyane, who was said to have assisted in the founding of the state.[1]

History[]

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.[2] 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.[3]

From 1871 through 1946, the Ōhorano Shrine was officially designated one of the Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社), meaning that it stood in the second rank of government supported shrines.[4]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ McCullough, Helen Craig et al. (1985).Kokin Wakashū (poem 871), p. 171.
  2. ^ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.
  4. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.

References[]

  • Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2363-4
  • McCullough, Helen Craig and Tsurayuki Ki. (1985). Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1258-3
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449
  • ____________. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887



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