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Tomioka Hachimangu
Tomioka Hachimangu in Koto, Tokyo, is the largest Hachiman shrine in Edo and the venue of the Fukagawa Hachiman festival.
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Tokyo Hachiman shrine founded in 1627, largest in Edo, birthplace of professional sumo and host of the Fukagawa festival.
Description
Tomioka Hachimangu stands in Tomioka, Koto Ward, Tokyo, on the eastern side of the Sumida River. It is the largest Hachiman shrine in Edo (Tokyo) and the venue of the Fukagawa Hachiman festival, one of the three great festivals of Edo. The main enshrined deity is Emperor Ojin (Hondawake-no-Mikoto), with Empress Jingu and Himegami as co-enshrined deities, following the standard Hachiman pantheon derived from Usa Jingu in Buzen Province. According to shrine tradition, the shrine was founded in 1627 by the priest Choseiin Yoshimitsu by reclaiming land in the Fukagawa Eitai-jima district. The shrine is also recorded as the birthplace of the Edo-period professional sumo with the establishment of the kanjin-zumo in the precincts in 1684, marked today by the Yokozuna-rikishi stele within the precincts. The August Reitaisai (Fukagawa Hachiman festival) is held with full water-splashing procession every three years.
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富岡八幡宮の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。
富岡八幡宮 公式サイト
Institutional source東京都江東区富岡 富岡八幡宮(深川八幡)の御祭神(応神天皇ほか)・寛永四年(1627年)長盛法印による創建伝承・江戸最大の八幡宮としての位置付け・江戸三大祭の一つ深川八幡祭(水掛け祭)・勧進相撲発祥の地としての横綱力士碑等に関する公式由緒。
https://www.tomiokahachimangu.or.jp/富岡八幡宮 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
富岡八幡宮の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q654417 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE
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