Sacred place
Fukuyama Hachimangu
Fukuyama Hachimangu in Hiroshima, a 1661 Mizuno-domain tutelary shrine of Fukuyama Castle with a distinctive twin-shrine layout.
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Hiroshima domain shrine with a twin honden layout built in 1661 by uniting two earlier Hachiman shrines of Fukuyama.
Description
Fukuyama Hachimangu in Kita-Yoshizu-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, stands north of Fukuyama Castle. It was founded in 1661 by the second Fukuyama lord Mizuno Katsutoshi, consolidating two pre-existing Hachiman shrines — the eastern Nobuhiro Hachimangu and the western Nogami Hachimangu — into a single site, preserving them as a distinctive twin-shrine layout (east and west honden). The main deities are the Hachiman triad of Homutawake no Mikoto (Emperor Ojin), Okinaga Tarashi-hime no Mikoto (Empress Jingu) and Hime-gami, enshrined in each of the two honden. The Hachiman cult derives from Usa Jingu in Oita and spread nationally through Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto. Through the Mizuno, Matsudaira and Abe domains the shrine served as the tutelary of the Fukuyama castle town. It was registered as a prefectural shrine in 1885. The two honden and oratories are designated Fukuyama City cultural properties.
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福山八幡宮 由緒・所在地資料
Institutional source各社寺・公的機関
福山八幡宮の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。
備後福山総鎮守 福山八幡宮 公式サイト
Institutional source福山八幡宮（広島県福山市・備後福山総鎮守）の御祭神・由緒・所在地・年中祭礼に関する公式情報。
http://www.fukuyamahachimangu.or.jp/福山八幡宮 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
福山八幡宮の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q11592011 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%B1%B1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE
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