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Ōkuninushi indirectly appears in a narrative set during the reign of Emperor Suinin. Prince Homuchiwake (本牟智和気命), Suinin's son with his first chief wife Sahohime (狭穂姫命, also Sawajihime), was born mute, unable to speak "[even when his] beard eight hands long extended down over his chest" until he heard the cry of a swan (or ...
The main kami enshrined is Ōkuninushi. The shrine's main festival is held annually on May 6. The shrine's main festival is held annually on May 6. Due to its location near the site of the Nara period provincial capital of Owari Province, it is also called the Kōnomiya Shrine ( 国府宮神社 ) or Kōnomiya ( 国府宮 )
Izumo, known as the realm of gods or the land of myths, is Izumo-taisha's province. Its main structure was originally constructed to glorify the great achievement of Ōkuninushi, considered the creator of Japan. Ōkuninushi was devoted to the building of the nation, in which he shared many joys and sorrows with the ancestors of the land.
Ikushina Jinja (生品神社) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Ōta, Gunma, Japan, dedicated to the kami Ōkuninushi. The precincts of this shrine was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934.
These are seated statues carved from kaya wood, and date from the 9th or 10th century; one possibly depicts Ōkuninushi, the other is of an unknown kami. [6] [7]
According to the shrine's legend, it was established on 5 May in the 41st year of the reign of Emperor Keikō, which corresponds to 111 AD in the western calendar.The offspring of Noomiame-no-hohino-mikoto (出雲臣天穂日命) appointed Kuni no miyatsuko of Musashi Province, the capital of which was located in what is now Fuchū.
One day while Ōkuninushi was at Miho Bay, he saw a small boat on the whitecap waves. The boat was made of a Metaplexis pod. Inside was a small dwarf, no bigger than a thumb. Ōkuninushi picked him up, and Sukuna-biko-na bit him on the cheek. Ōkuninushi asked him his name, but he would not reply.
The current shrine building, replacing the previous one constructed during the Meiji period, was built in 2015 to commemorate the upcoming 400th anniversary of Ieyasu's death the following year. [12] [13] Yakumo Shrine (八雲神社, Yakumo-jinja) This shrine, located beside the Gekū, enshrines Susanoo, Kushinadahime, and Ōnamuchi (Ōkuninushi).