Ōyamato Shrine
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The Haiden, or main prayer hall. | |
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| Location | 306 Hoshiyama, Shinsencho, Tenri, Nara |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
| Website | www5 |
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Ōyamato Shrine (大和神社, Ōyamato Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tenri, Nara in Japan. It worships Yamato Okunitama
The royal family started supporting the shrine in the Heian period.[1] In 965, Emperor Murakami had a messenger go to the shrine to report things to the god.[2]
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References
- ↑ Grapard, Allan G.. Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami (2000)University of Hawaii Press. p. 74–75. ISBN 9780824823634.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. Studies in Shintō and shrines : papers selected from the works of R.A.B. Ponsonby-Fane (1962). Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. p. 116–117. OCLC 3994492.