Ōyamato Shrine

Ōyamato Shrine
大和神社
The Haiden, or main prayer hall.
Shown within Japan
Basic information
Location 306 Hoshiyama, Shinsencho, Tenri, Nara
Geographic coordinates 34°34′15″N 135°50′15″E / 34.57083°N 135.83750°E / 34.57083; 135.83750Coordinates: 34°34′15″N 135°50′15″E / 34.57083°N 135.83750°E / 34.57083; 135.83750
Affiliation Shinto
Deity Yamatonoookunitamanokami, Ōkuninushi, Toshigami
Website www5.plala.or.jp/ooyamato/
Glossary of Shinto

Ōyamato Shrine (大和神社, Ōyamato Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tenri, Nara in Japan.

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.[1] 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 Ōyamato Shrine.[2]

From 1871 through 1946, the Ōyamato Shrine was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.[3]

The shrine was a guardian shrine of Japanese battleship Yamato.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Grapard, Allan G. (2000). "Chaper 5. The economics of ritual power. The twenty-two shrines system". In Breen, John; Teeuwen, Mark. Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9780824823634.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society. p. 124. OCLC 194887.
  4. ↑ "Official site". www5.plala.or.jp (in Japanese).


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