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Hakusan Shrine
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A Hakusan shrine founded in the late Kamakura period, enshrining the matchmaking and bond-severing goddess Kukuri-hime
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1300
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10 min walk from Tobu Tojo Line Higashimatsuyama Station
1-chome Matsuyamacho, Higashimatsuyama, Saitama
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Shrine
Founded 1300
726 years
Enshrined Deity
菊理媛命
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Overview
A Hakusan Shrine in Higashimatsuyama City, enshrining Kukuri-hime no Mikoto (Shirayama-hime) as the principal deity and known for blessings of matchmaking and relationship-severing. A branch of the Hakusan faith based on Mt. Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture, the goddess who mediated between Izanagi and Izanami is revered for her power over relationships.
Origins
Hakusan Shrine in Higashimatsuyama is said to have been established around 1300, during the late Kamakura period, as a branch shrine of the Hakusan faith centered on Mt. Hakusan in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture. The Hakusan faith traces its origins to the Nara-period monk Taicho, who is credited w…
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Divine Benefits
Matchmaking
Purification
Abundant Harvest
Finding a partner, romantic success, marital harmony. Famed at Izumo Taisha, Jishu-jinja, and Kawagoe Hikawa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "菊理媛命"
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