Sacred place
Okayama Shrine
Okayama Shrine in central Okayama City served as the castle-town guardian for the Ikeda lords of Okayama domain.
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Okayama Shrine is the castle-town guardian for the Ikeda lords of Okayama domain, enshrining Okibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto.
Description
Okayama Shrine (岡山神社) is a Shinto shrine in Ishizeki-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, the castle-town guardian shrine of the Ikeda lords of Okayama domain in the early modern period. The principal kami is Okibitsuhiko-no-Mikoto, recorded in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) as a prince of Emperor Korei and one of the four shoguns dispatched to pacify Kibi Province. Auxiliary kami include Amaterasu-Omikami, Ise-no-Okami, and Takeyasutama-no-Mikoto (the deified spirit of Ikeda Mitsumasa). According to shrine tradition, the shrine was founded in the Jogan era (859-877 CE) and was relocated to its present site in 1599 by Kobayakawa Hideaki, then rebuilt by Ikeda Tsunamasa during the construction of Korakuen garden in 1697. The annual festival of October sees mikoshi processions through central Okayama.
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岡山神社 公式・公的由緒資料
Institutional source岡山神社の由緒、所在地、参詣圏を確認するための公式・公的資料。
岡山神社 地域資料・百科資料
Secondary source岡山神社の名称、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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