Ōtori taisha
Ōtori taisha | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Deity | Ōtori-no-muraji and Yamato Takeru |
Festival | August 13 |
Location | |
Location | 1-2 Ōtorikita-machi 1-chō, Nishi-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu 593-8328, Japan |
Geographic coordinates | 34°32′12.7″N 135°27′38.7″E / 34.536861°N 135.460750°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Ōtori-zukuri |
Date established | c.Nara period |
Website | |
Official website | |
Glossary of Shinto |
Ōtori Shrine (
Shrine name and legend
[edit]The shrine has been called variously as Ōtori-daimyōjin (
Enshrined kami
[edit]The kami enshrined at Ōtori Jinja are:
- Yamato Takeru (
日本 武 尊 ), son of Emperor Keikō and folk hero - Ōtori-no-muraji-no-oyagami (
大鳥 連 祖神 ), ancestor of the Fujiwara clan
History
[edit]There is little documentary evidence and it is uncertain when this shrine was first built. Architecturally, the buildings are constructed in the Ōtori-zukuri (
During the Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga confiscated the shrine's estates, valued at 1300 koku, in 1575. The shrine was burned down, but was one of a series of shrines and temples rebuilt in 1602 by order of Toyotomi Hideyori. The shrine was destroyed again during the 1615 Siege of Osaka. In 1662, Shinpu-ji and the Ōtori-daimyōjin were reconstructed by the Sakai bugyō per instructions by the Tokugawa shogunate and were repaired in 1701 by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu. Under the patronage of Yanagisawa, the temple became the head temple of the "Shingon Risshū Southern School" and had 76 daughter temples, mainly in the Kansai region. The shrine's fortunes waxed and waned together with the temple, although with the growth of kokugaku studies towards the Bakumatsu period there were increasing calls for the shrine's rehabilitation. This goal was realized with the separation of Shinto and Buddhism following the Meiji restoration, when Shingu-ji was destroyed and Ōtori Jinja reemerged as a purely Shinto shrine. In 1871, the shrine was designated an Imperial Shrine, 1st rank (
The shrine is five minutes on foot from Otori Station on the JR West Hanwa Line.[5]
Gallery
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A torii gate at the entrance of a shrine
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Honden
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Statue of Yamato Takeru
Festival
[edit]The shrine holds a Danjiri Matsuri’' festival is held every year on the weekend of the first week of October.[5]
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At grounds of Ōtori taisha.
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At grounds of Ōtori taisha.
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A priest of Ōtori taisha prays for the safety of the festival.
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Torii gate of the main entrance to Ōtori taisha
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1.; retrieved 2011-08-010
- ^ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
- ^ a b Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.
- ^ http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm130/peacefulapricot/Otori%20Jinja%20and%20Sumiyoshi%20Taisha/P4200061.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ a b Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.