Sacred place
Tanzan Shrine
Tanzan Shrine on Mount Tonomine, Nara, enshrines Fujiwara no Kamatari at the site of the Taika reform conspiracy.
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Nara mountain shrine enshrining Fujiwara no Kamatari at the Taika reform conspiracy site recorded in the Nihon Shoki.
Description
Tanzan Shrine (Tanzan-jinja) stands on Mount Tonomine in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, and enshrines Fujiwara no Kamatari (Nakatomi no Kamatari, 614-669), the founding ancestor of the Fujiwara clan. According to the Nihon Shoki (720 CE), Kamatari and Prince Naka-no-Oe (later Emperor Tenji) held a secret conference on this mountain to plan the overthrow of Soga no Iruka, which led to the Taika reforms of 645 CE; the name "Tanzan" (Discussion Mountain) commemorates this conference. The shrine was founded as a Buddhist temple, Myoraku-ji, in 678 CE by Kamatari's son Joe, and was reorganized as a Shinto shrine after the Meiji separation of kami and Buddha. The thirteen-storied wooden pagoda (rebuilt 1532) is an Important Cultural Property and is the world's only thirteen-storied wooden pagoda. The shrine was elevated to bekkaku kanpeisha rank in the Meiji era.
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談山神社 公式・公的由緒資料
Institutional source談山神社の由緒、所在地、参詣圏を確認するための公式・公的資料。
談山神社 地域資料・百科資料
Secondary source談山神社の名称、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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