Iwashimizu Hachimangū

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The Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine

Basic information
Location Yawata, Kyoto
Affiliation Shinto
Website www.iwashimizu.or.jp
Architectural description
Architectural style Hachiman-zukuri
Specifications
Main gate of the Iwashimizu Hachimangū

Shinto belief

People worship Hachiman at the shrine. Hachiman is the Shinto kami of Imperial legitimacy.[1] Since it was built in 859, Hachiman has been recognized as Emperor Ojin.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. Kanda, Christine Guth. (1985). Shinzō: Hachiman Imagery and Its Development, p. 41.
  2. Ponsbonby-Fane, Studies, pp. 78, 196.

References

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