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Oiwa Shrine

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Oiwa Shrine on Mount Oiwa in Hitachi, Ibaraki is identified with the "Kabire-no-Takamine" of the Hitachi Fudoki and enshrines 188 kami across its precincts.

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Oiwa Shrine on Mount Oiwa is identified with the Kabire-no-Takamine of the Hitachi Fudoki, said to enshrine 188 kami.

Description

Oiwa Shrine (御岩神社) is a Shinto shrine on Mount Oiwa (530 m) in IriShiken-cho, Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, identified with the "Kabire-no-Takamine" recorded in the Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki (713 CE) for Kuji District. The principal kami is Kuninotokotachi-no-Kami, recorded in the Kojiki (712 CE) as the first deity of the seven generations of the age of the gods, with Izanagi and Izanami as auxiliary kami and a reported 188 deities enshrined in total across the main hall, auxiliary shrines, and Kabire Jingu summit shrine. The summit Iwakura (rock altar) preserves the ancient stratum of nature veneration. The shrine was venerated by Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Mito Mitsukuni) as a domain prayer site, and the syncretic Edo-period landscape of Buddhist halls along the entrance path still survives in part.

Sources

  • 御岩神社 由緒・所在地資料

    Institutional source

    各社寺・公的機関

    御岩神社の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。

  • 御岩神社 公式・公的由緒資料

    Institutional source

    御岩神社の由緒、所在地、参詣圏を確認するための公式・公的資料。

  • 御岩神社 - Wikipedia 日本語版

    Secondary source

    Wikipedia contributors

    御岩神社の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q30937600 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%A1%E5%B2%A9%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE
  • 御岩神社 地域資料・百科資料

    Secondary source

    御岩神社の名称、所在地、歴史的背景を補助的に確認する二次資料。

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