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Iwashimizu Hachimangū, a Hachiman shrine in Yawata, Kyoto. A Hachiman shrine (八幡神社, Hachiman Jinja, also Hachimangū (八幡宮)) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the kami Hachiman. [1] It is the second most numerous type of Shinto shrine after those dedicated to Inari Ōkami (see Inari shrine). [1] There are about 44,000 Hachiman shrines.
Yusuhara Hachiman-gū (柞原八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Bungo Province, the other being the Sasamuta Jinja, also in Ōita. [1] The shrine's main festival is held annually on March 15. [2]
Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine; Shōin shrine; Suiten-gū; Three Palace Sanctuaries, Kokyo Imperial Palace; Tokyo Daijingu; Tsukudo Shrine Togo Shrine; Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine; Yushima Tenmangū; Igusa Hachimangu Ōkunitama Shrine; Nitta Shrine (Ōta Ward)
Kameyama Hachimangu Shrine Sasebo: Aoi Aso Shrine: Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto: Hachiman Asami Shrine Beppu: Kasuga Shrine Ōita (city) Kanhashira-gū [ja; fr] Miyakonojō: Sano Shrine Nishimorokata District, Miyazaki Takaharu, Miyazaki: Susaki Shrine: Awa Province Ichinomiya, Not a Beppyo shrine: Rokusho Shrine Soja Shrine, Not a Beppyo shrine
Usa Jingū (宇佐神宮), also known as Usa Hachimangū (宇佐八幡宮), is a Shinto shrine in the city of Usa in Ōita Prefecture in Japan. Emperor Ojin, who was deified as Hachiman-jin (the tutelary god of warriors), is said to be enshrined in all the sites dedicated to him; and the first and earliest of these was at Usa in the early 8th century. [2]
In time, the bakufu faded away; and the shrine endured. Iwashimizu Hachimangū and Ise Shrine were specified for "the two ancestral mausoleum" (二所宗廟) in the Middle Ages. 1456 (Kōshō 2, 3rd month): Ashikaga Yoshimasa visited Iwashimizu Shrine; and all the officials of the Daijō-kan joined him in going there. [9]
Hakodate Hachiman Shrine (函館八幡宮, Hakodate Hachimangū) is a Shinto shrine located in Hakodate, Hokkaido. It is a Hachiman shrine , dedicated to the kami Hachiman . It is also a Sōja shrine that enshrines all the deities of its region, although it technically does not have a province.
One of the historical events the shrine is tied to is the assassination of Sanetomo, last of Minamoto no Yoritomo's sons. Under heavy snow on the evening of February 12, 1219 (Jōkyū 1, 26th day of the 1st month), [note 2] shōgun Minamoto no Sanetomo was coming down from Tsurugaoka Hachimangū's Senior Shrine after assisting to a ceremony celebrating his nomination to Udaijin. [2]