Ōharano Shrine
Ōhorano Shrine (大原野神社 Ōharano jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Ōhorano 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]
See also
Notes
- ↑ McCullough, Helen Craig et al. (1985).Kokin Wakashū (poem 871), p. 171.
- ↑ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.
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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
Coordinates: 34°57′37″N 135°39′22″E / 34.96028°N 135.65611°E