Sacred place
Iwakiyama Shrine
Iwakiyama Shrine in Hirosaki, Aomori is the first-ranked shrine of the Tsugaru region, taking Mount Iwaki as its sacred body.
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Iwakiyama Shrine in Aomori is the Tsugaru first-ranked shrine, taking the 1,625 m Tsugaru Fuji as its sacred body.
Description
Iwakiyama Shrine (岩木山神社) is a Shinto shrine in Hyakuzawa, Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, the first-ranked shrine of the Tsugaru region, taking Mount Iwaki (1,625 m, the "Tsugaru Fuji") as its sacred body. The principal kami are Utsushikunitama-no-Kami, an alternative name of Okuninushi-no-Kami recorded in the Kojiki (712 CE), together with Tatsubi-hime-no-Kami, Ukanome-no-Kami, Oyamatsumi-no-Kami, and Sakanoue no Karitamaro-no-Mikoto. According to shrine tradition, the summit oku-miya was founded in 780 and the foot shrine in 800 by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro during his eastern campaigns. The present main hall (1667) and tower gate (1619) were built by Tsugaru Nobumasa of Hirosaki domain and are designated Important Cultural Properties, while the Oyamasankei ascent rite is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Enshrined deities
Sources
延喜式 第十巻 神名帳
Primary source藤原時平・忠平ほか（撰）
『延喜式』神名帳（927年成立）所載の陸奥国津軽郡論社。岩木山神社は同社の論社の一として近世以降比定される。
岩木山神社 公式サイト
Institutional source岩木山神社
岩木山神社公式サイト「御祭神」「御由緒」。
http://iwakiyamajinja.or.jp/Wikipedia 日本語版「岩木山神社」
Secondary sourceWikipedia 日本語版
Wikipedia 日本語版「岩木山神社」。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E6%9C%A8%E5%B1%B1%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE
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