Yoshida Jinja Daigengu (Grand Shrine)
京都府
Octagonal main hall of 1484, built by Yoshida Kanetomo as the cosmic center of Yoshida Shinto enshrining all deities of Japan
The Saijo-sho Daigengu is a subsidiary shrine of Yoshida Jinja, founded in 1484 by Yoshida Kanetomo as the central hall of Yoshida Shinto. Its octagonal main hall is an exceptionally rare type of shrine architecture. All the heavenly and earthly deities of Japan are enshrined here, and it is said that visiting this shrine is equivalent to visiting all shrines in the country. The octagonal shape of…
Daigengu was founded in 1484 by Yoshida Kanetomo, a Shinto priest of Yoshida Jinja, as the central hall of Yoshida Shinto on the slopes of Mt. Yoshida. Kanetomo systematized his original theological framework known as Yuiitsu Shinto (Yoshida Shinto) and placed this shrine at its ideological core, en…
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