Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū
| Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine 石清水八幡宮 |
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The Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine
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Hachiman Shrine Kokushigenzaisya Twenty-Two Shrines Chokusaisha Beppyo jinja Shikinaisya Former kanpeitaisha |
| Dedicated to | Hachiman |
| Founded | 859 |
| Reisai | iwashimizu-sai (石清水祭) (September 15th) |
| Honden style | Hachiman-zukuri |
| Address | Yawata, Kyoto |
| Website | www |
 Glossary of Shinto
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Iwashimizu Hachimangū (石清水八幡宮?) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
The shrine's Heian period connections with the Kyoto and the Imperial family date from its founding in 859 (Jōgan 1) when construction on its earliest structures commenced. Shrine tradition explains that Emperor Seiwa ordered the shrine to be built in obeisance to an oracle in which the god Hachiman expressed the desire to be near to Kyoto to watch over the city and the Imperial House of Japan. This vision was reported by a Buddhist monk, Gyōkyō, who had a second vision which led to selecting the Otokoyama location where the shrine now stands. Like other Hachiman shrines, until 1868 Iwashimizu was actually a shrine-temple complex (jingū-ji) called Iwashimizu Hachimangū-ji (石清水八幡宮寺?) dedicated to Buddhism as much as to kami worship.
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These heihaku were initially presented to 16 shrines including the Ōharano Shrine.
The shrine's importance and influence grew in succeeding centuries; and its extensive landholdings led to modest conflicts with Minamoto no Yoritomo during the years in which the Kamakura shogunate was establishing itself. The shrine sought to maintain its traditional exemption from contributing to paying the costs of military forces. In time, the bakufu faded away; and the shrine endured.
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