Ōyamato Shrine
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Ōyamato Shrine 大和神社 | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Deity | Yamato Okunitama, Ōkuninushi, Toshigami |
Location | |
Location | 306 Hoshiyama, Shinsencho, Tenri, Nara |
Geographic coordinates | 34°34′15″N 135°50′15″E / 34.57083°N 135.83750°E |
Website | |
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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
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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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- ↑ Grapard, Allan G. (2000). "Chaper 5. The economics of ritual power. The twenty-two shrines system". In Breen, John; Teeuwen, Mark (eds.). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9780824823634.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1962). Studies in Shintō and shrines : papers selected from the works of R.A.B. Ponsonby-Fane. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. pp. 116–117. OCLC 3994492.