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The shrine represents 30 guardian deities, one to be worshipped on each day of the month; all native deities, ‘kami’. In the centre is an invocation to the Lotus Sutra, written by the Buddhist monk Nichinen. This is an example of how Buddhism and kami worship were closely associated in Japan until they were separated in the late 1800s.
The Mikaboshi-Kagaseo Shrine (甕星香々背男社) at Ōmika Shrine [] (Hitachi City, Ibaraki).. In the Nihon Shoki, during the amatsukami's conquest of the Central Land of Reed-Plains, Mikaboshi (referred to as Kagaseo) is mentioned in passing as a rebellious kunitsukami who is subdued by Takehazuchi [] at the behest of Takemikazuchi and Futsunushi:
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Shirahige Jinja (白鬚神社) is a Shinto shrine in Takashima in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to Sarutahiko Okami. It is the head shrine of the Shirahige Shrines around the country. [1] The shrine's annual festivals are on May 3 and September 5-6. The floating torii at Shirahige
The Ōmiwa Shrine is directly linked to Mount Miwa in that the mountain is the shrine's shintai, or "kami-body", instead of a building housing a "kami-body".This type of mountain worship (shintai-zan) is found in the earliest forms of Shinto and has also been employed at Suwa Shrine in Nagano, and formerly at Isonokami Shrine in Nara and Munakata Shrine in Fukuoka.
Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Yoshitsuya depicts the moment when Emperor Sutoku, who died in exile, became an onryō. The headstone of Taira no Masakado, located between the skyscrapers of Ōtemachi near Tokyo Station, was renovated in 2021 when the surrounding skyscrapers were rebuilt, but the headstone was never moved.
Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine (上色見熊野座神社, Kamishikimi Kumano-imasu-jinja) is a Shinto Shrine in Takamori, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This shrine is famous for being the setting of a popular anime and manga comic Hotarubi no Mori e .