Sacred place
Torigai Hachimangu
Torigai Hachimangu in Fukuoka traces its founding to the Empress Jingu narrative and is the tutelary of central Fukuoka.
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Fukuoka tutelary shrine traced to the Empress Jingu narrative of the Nihon Shoki, central tutelary of medieval Hakata.
Description
Torigai Hachimangu (Torigai-hachimangu) stands in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, in the Torigai district along the historic Karatsu road, and serves as the tutelary shrine of central Fukuoka. The main enshrined deity is Empress Jingu (Okinagatarashihime-no-Mikoto), with Emperor Ojin and Tamayori-hime as co-enshrined deities, following the Hachiman pantheon derived from Usa Jingu in Buzen Province. According to shrine tradition based on the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) Empress Jingu chronicle, the Empress stopped at the site of the present shrine on her way back from the Silla campaign, and the shrine was founded shortly afterward to commemorate her stop. The shrine continued through the medieval and early modern periods as the tutelary of the Hakata merchant community. It was elevated to gosha rank in the Meiji era and continues as a Jinja Honcho registered shrine.
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鳥飼八幡宮 由緒・所在地資料
Institutional source各社寺・公的機関
鳥飼八幡宮の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。
鳥飼八幡宮 公式サイト
Institutional source鳥飼八幡宮（福岡市中央区今川、厄除・縁結びの神）の御祭神・由緒・所在地・祭礼に関する公式情報。
https://hachimansama.jp/鳥飼八幡宮 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
鳥飼八幡宮の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q113649399 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B3%A5%E9%A3%BC%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE
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