Yusuhara Hachimangū
Yusuhara Hachiman-gū (柞原八幡宮) | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Location | |
Shown within Japan | |
Geographic coordinates | 33°14′18.1″N 131°33′3.6″E / 33.238361°N 131.551000°ECoordinates: 33°14′18.1″N 131°33′3.6″E / 33.238361°N 131.551000°E |
Glossary of Shinto |
Yusuhara Hachiman-gū (柞原八幡宮), also known as Yasuhara Shrine, is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Oita, Oita on the island of Kyushu.[1]
History[]
Yusuhara is believed to have been built in the early 9th century. It was established as a branch shrine temple (miyadera) of Usa jingū.[2]
Yusuhara was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of the old Bungo Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Niigata Prefecture. [3] The enshrined kami are:
In 1916, the shrine was listed among the 3rd class of nationally significant shrines or Kokuhei Shōsha (国幣小社) .[4]
See also[]
- List of Shinto shrines in Japan
- Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Kotodamaya.com, "Yasuhara Hachimangu"; retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ Oita City Tourist Association, "Yusuhara Hachiman Shrine" Archived June 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine; Haruko Nawata, Women Religious Leaders in Japan's Christian Century, 1549-1650, p. 124n50; retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ Holton, Daniel Clarence. (1922). The political philosophy of modern Shintō: a study of the state religion of Japan, p. 270.
External links[]
Media related to Yusuhara-hachimangu at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Shinto shrines in Ōita Prefecture
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- Japanese religious building and structure stubs