Gion worship (祇園信仰, Gion shinkō) is a Shinto cult. Originally it revolved solely around Gozu Tenno, but during the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism of...
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Nunakuma Shrine (category Gion shrines)
Watasu Shrine.: 124 Secondary enshrined deity Susanoo-no-Mikoto - see Gion worship for more info: 124 The shrine is ancient. It was originally two shrines...
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disasters. For example, Gion Matsuri, Tenjin Matsuri (ja), and Kanda Matsuri, which are considered the three major festivals in Japan, worship the onryō of Gozu...
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Kushinadahime (category Gion cult)
Yamata no Orochi. As Susanoo's wife, she is a central deity of the Gion cult and worshipped at Yasaka Shrine. The goddess is named 'Kushinadahime' (櫛名田比売)...
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Susanoo-no-Mikoto (category Gion cult)
deity linked with the harvest and agriculture. Syncretic beliefs of the Gion cult that arose after the introduction of Buddhism to Japan also saw Susanoo...
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Shinto shrine (section Gion Shrines)
Prefecture, Nachikatsuura). There are more than 3,000 Kumano shrines in Japan. Gion shrines are branch shrines of Tsushima Shrine, Yasaka Shrine or Hiromine...
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pilgrimage site in 1072. By 1338, the shrine's festival was said to rival the Gion Festival in splendor. In 1468, during the Ōnin War, the entire Fushimi shrine...
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The gion-mamori, the crest of the Gion Shrine, which depicts two crossing scrolls and a horn, was adopted by the Kakure Kirishitan as their crest under...
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afterwards, he also visited the shrines Hirano, Ōharano, Mutsunoo, Kitano, Gion and several others. 1128 (Daiji 3, 3rd month): Taiken-mon'in ordered the...
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Tadamori. His mother, Gion no Nyogo, was a palace servant according to The Tale of the Heike. Father: Taira no Tadamori Mother: Gion no Nyogo (d. 1147) Concubine(s):...
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This list of places of worship in Berlin records past and present places of worship in the city. The list is organised as a sortable table assorted following...
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Tang dynasty-style hand fan crest Gion mamori shield motif. The motif is an amulet distributed by Yasaka Shrine to worship Gozu Tennō. Nakagawake kurusu (the...
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year and is considered one of the major festivals of Japan, along with the Gion Matsuri and Osaka's Tenjin Matsuri.[disputed – discuss] It has been designated...
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Otagi Nenbutsu-ji was originally founded by Empress Shōtoku around Kyoto's Gion district in the year 766. Though was destroyed by the flooding of the Kamo...
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Tsushima Shrine (category Gion shrines)
called Tsushima Gozutennō-sha (津島牛頭天王社, lit. Tsushima Gozutennō Shrine). See Gion faith for more info. Shrine legend, unsupported by any historical documentation...
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207 "Higashiyama Yasui" bus stop and walk 10 minutes. 15 minutes walk from Gion-Shijō Station on the Keihan Main Line. List of Shinto shrines in Japan Kyoto...
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According to legend Hōdō founded Tenjō-ji in 646 (AD). The monk is worshipped in the Gion faith. Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful...
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Somin Shōrai (category Gion cult)
Shrine'), an auxiliary shrine within the precincts of Yasaka Shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto. The story is also the inspiration for the Somin Festival...
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bring offerings to Ninkai as he worshipped Dakiniten for one thousand days at Mount Inari. In the Kojidan, the Gion Consort was described as such an...
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Yashimajinumi (category Gion cult)
family ties show the relationships among the gods in ancient texts.. He is worshipped at Yasaka Shrine. Suga Shrine, claims to stand on the site of the palace...
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such as the Gion Festival being registered as Important Cultural Property (Japan) for rituals and ceremonies at shrines such as the Gion Festival, and...
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depicted fighting and consuming Gozu tennō, an ox-headed deity worshipped at the Gion shrine (present day Yasaka) in Kyoto (京都市, Kyōto-shi). The painting...
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Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi (category Gion cult)
Retrieved 2023-10-16. “‘My Own Inari’: Personalization of the Deity in Inari Worship.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 23, no. 1/2 (1996): 87-88 "Ōtoshi...
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Meiji period (1868–1912), the jingū-ji (神宮寺, shrine temple) were places of worship composed of a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine, both dedicated to a...
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lengths of those". West Syrian cross Syriac Orthodox cross. Gion-mamori mon The mon of the Gion Shrine, depicting two crossed amulets and a horn, adopted...
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oldest of Kyoto's three major festivals. The others are Jidai Matsuri and Gion Matsuri. The popular name for Kamo-wakeikazuchi jinja is the Kamigamo jinja...
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Tax Court Joel Gertner (born 1975), American wrestling personality Joel Gion (born 1970 or 1971), American musician Joel Gistedt (born 1987), Swedish...
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