Atago Shrine (Kyoto)

Atago Jinja
愛宕神社

Torii leading to Atago Jinja in Kyoto
Atago Jinja
愛宕神社
Information
Type Atago shrine
Dedicated to Atago Gongen
Founded 701 - 704
Founder(s) En no Ozunu, Taichō
Reisai Sen-nichi Tsuyasai (July 31)
Address Atago-chō, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
Coordinates 35°3′36″N 135°38′4″E / 35.06000°N 135.63444°E / 35.06000; 135.63444
Website kyoto-atago.jp
Glossary of Shinto

Atago Shrine (愛宕神社 Atago-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on Mount Atago, the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. Enshrined is Atago Gongen who protects Kyoto from fire.[1] Shugendō practices and a place for worship are known from the eighth century.[2] The late-Kamakura period Honden has been designated an Important Cultural Property.[3] (Actually, the late-Kamakura period Honden is located at another Atago-jinja in Kameoka, to the northwest of Kyoto : 35°2′28″N 135°35′13″E / 35.04111°N 135.58694°E / 35.04111; 135.58694) Atago Jinja is the head of nine hundred Atago shrines throughout Japan.[2]

Deities

Main hall

Wakamiya

Okumiya

See also

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References

  1. "Atago Stone Lanterns". Kyoto City. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Atago Jinja - about". Atago Jinja. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  3. "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 April 2011.

Further reading

Bouchy, Anne-Marie (1987). "The Cult of Mount Atago and the Atago Confraternities". The Journal of Asian Studies 46 (2): 255–277. doi:10.2307/2056014. 

External links

(Japanese) Atago Jinja homepage

Coordinates: 35°03′36″N 135°38′04″E / 35.06000°N 135.63444°E / 35.06000; 135.63444


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