An ujigami (氏神, lit. "clan deity/divinity/spirit") is a guardian kami of a particular place in the Shinto religion of Japan. The ujigami was prayed to...

The Ujigami Shrine (宇治上神社, Ujigami-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine was built as a guardian shrine for...

especially when the deity is a living person. This concept is distinct from the ujigami (Japanese: "guardian deity") belief system, which focuses on a deity's...

life even if you move to another place. While the relationship between Ujigami and Ujiko is based on blood relations, that between Ubusunagami and Ubuko...

general scheme whereby ancestors become not only protectors, but kami or ujigami. However, while it is possible that in the distant past such a development...

clans believe in oyagami as gods they are descended from, also known as ujigami. They are considered their original ancestor to be the oyagami. The notion...

him as the bringer of rain and thunder, Ryūjin is also the patron god (ujigami) of several family groups. This Japanese dragon, symbolizing the power...

Amaterasu. The kami of a particular community is referred to it as their ujigami, while that of a particular house is the yashikigami. Kami are not deemed...

the pillars. They are occasionally referenced in modern architecture. Ujigami Shrine Osaka Temmangu Shrine Kinkaku-ji Ninna-ji Hōryū-ji Hook for suspending...

ancestor of the Minamoto clan, Hachiman became the tutelary kami (氏神, ujigami) of the Minamoto samurai clan of Kawachi (Osaka). After Minamoto no Yoritomo...

household have at least three Ofuda in their Kamidana, a Jingu Taima, an Ujigami ofuda, and another deity one personally chooses. Jingu Taima were originally...

ancestor of the Minamoto warrior clan, Hachiman became its tutelary kami (氏神, ujigami). Minamoto no Yoshiie, upon coming of age at Iwashimizu Shrine in Kyoto...

Jingū Taima The ofuda of the tutelary deity of one's place of residence (ujigami) The ofuda of a shrine one is personally devoted to sūkei jinja (崇敬神社)...

Japan, it was customary for every clan to claim descendance from gods (ujigami) and the Imperial Family tended to define their ancestor as the dominant...

shrines, Buddhist temples and Hindu Shrines. Among the most famous are the Ujigami Shrine (built in 1060) and the Byōdō-in that are part of the UNESCO World...

The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 199. ISBN 1854095234. "鬼頭兵内氏神 Ujigami of Kitō Heinai". 岐阜県養老町の歴史文化資源 Gifuken Yōrōchō no Rekishi Bunka Shigen...

with Ujigami and Ubusunagami.[user-generated source] A shrine that enshrines a guardian deity is called a Chinjusha. They contrast with Ujigami by having...

Emperor of Japan List of Emperors of Japan Imperial cult Five kings of Wa Ujigami Shrine The 29th Emperor Kanmu was the 50th sovereign of the imperial dynasty...

After death an ujiko becomes a "family spirit", or "family kami" (氏神 ujigami). Many Japanese houses still have a shrine (kamidana, kami shelf) where...

Toyotama-hime, the husband of Tamayori-hime, and the father of Emperor Jimmu. Ujigami A Shinto guardian spirit or kami of a particular place, prayed to for a...

parts of Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (WHS) Uji – Byōdō-in and Ujigami Shrine (WHS), Relation of The Tale of Genji Ōtsu – Lake Biwa, Hiyoshi Taisha...

Jinja, Tō-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Enryaku-ji, Daigo-ji, Ninna-ji, Byōdō-in, Ujigami Jinja, Kōzan-ji, Saihō-ji, Tenryū-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Ryōan-ji...

located in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is adjacent to the Ujigami Shrine. Media related to Uji Shrine at Wikimedia Commons v t e v t e...

Naminoue Shrine, Futenma Shrine, Inari Shrine, and Ebisu Shrine, and Waianae Ujigami. The shrine is the site of the annual New Year's Day hatsumōde as well...

station has an island platform with two tracks on the ground. Uji Bridge Ujigami Shrine Agata Shrine The Tale of Genji Museum Kōshōji Byōdōin Tsuen Tea...

duties from the Ō clan, they claimed Takemikazuchi as the Nakatomi clan's ujigami (clan deity). Ōwa goes on to theorize that the Ō clan was originally ōmi...

swords, and lightning; general of the Amatsukami; god of Kashima and Ujigami of Nakatomi clan Suwa Myōjin (Takeminakata-no-kami), god of hunting, valor...

the ancestor of the Chiba clan. Owing to his status as the Chiba clan's ujigami (guardian deity), temples and shrines dedicated to Myōken are particularly...

part, the Hōjō, a clan of obscure origins who lacked an ancestral kami (ujigami) of their own, looked upon Suwa Myōjin as the closest thing they had to...

day. The oldest designated extant shrine structure is the main hall at Ujigami Shrine, which dates from the 12th century (late Heian period). About half...