Atago Shrine (Kyoto)

Atago Jinja 愛宕神社
Torii leading to Atago Jinja in Kyoto
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Atago Gongen
Festival	Sen-nichi Tsuyasai (July 31)
Type	Atago shrine
Location
Location	Atago-chō, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°3′36″N 135°38′4″E / 35.06000°N 135.63444°E / 35.06000; 135.63444
Architecture
Founder	En no Ozunu, Taichō
Date established	701 - 704
Website
atagojinjya.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Atago Shrine (愛宕神社, Atago-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on Mount Atago, the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. Enshrined is Atago Gongen who protects Kyoto from fire.^[1] Shugendō practices and a place for worship are known from the eighth century.^[2] The late-Kamakura period Honden has been designated an Important Cultural Property.^[3] (Actually, the late-Kamakura period Honden is located at another Atago-jinja in Kameoka, to the northwest of Kyoto :

35°2′28″N 135°35′13″E / 35.04111°N 135.58694°E / 35.04111; 135.58694[1]) Atago Jinja is the head of nine hundred Atago shrines throughout Japan.^[2]

Deities[]

Main hall[]

• Izanami no Mikoto
• Haniyasuhime no Mikoto
• Wakumusubi no Kami
• Toyoukebime no Mikoto

Wakamiya[]

• Ikazuchi no Kami
• Kagutsuchi no Mikoto

Okumiya[]

• Ōkuninushi

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Atago-jinja (Kyoto).

• Atago Jinja (Tokyo)
• Shinbutsu shūgō
• Honji suijaku
• Tsukinowa-dera

References[]

Further reading[]

Bouchy, Anne-Marie (1987). "The Cult of Mount Atago and the Atago Confraternities". The Journal of Asian Studies. 46 (2): 255–277. doi:10.2307/2056014. JSTOR 2056014.

External links[]

(in Japanese) Atago Jinja homepage

Coordinates: 35°03′36″N 135°38′04″E / 35.06000°N 135.63444°E / 35.06000; 135.63444