Oiwa Shrine (Mount Oiwa)
茨城県
Mount Oiwa enshrining 188 deities — from late-Jomon ritual sites and the 'Hitachi Fudoki' record to Tokugawa Mitsukuni's brush-dipping rite, this entire mountain remains a sacred body and the only major shrine in Ibaraki to preserve its syncretic Buddha statues through the Meiji separation
An ancient shrine on the slopes of Mount Oiwa (530 m), Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The principal deities are Kuni-no-Tokotachi, Okuninushi, Izanagi, and Izanami, plus 22 others — and the entire mountain is said to enshrine 188 deities, earning it the title 'Mountain of the Gods.' Behind the main hall stand two upper sanctuaries: Kabire Jingu (the front-trail oku-miya, enshrining Amaterasu, N…
The founding date of Oiwa Shrine is not recorded in any document, but archaeological excavations of late-Jomon ritual sites (ca. 1000 BCE) on Mount Oiwa establish that it has been an object of worship since pre-historic times. Its first appearance in written records is in the 'Hitachi Fudoki' (compi…
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Derived from the enshrined deity "国之常立神・大国主神・伊邪那岐命・伊邪那美命ほか188柱"
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