Showing posts with label torii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label torii. Show all posts
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Kumano Shrine Yoshii
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Shrines of Day 67
For many pilgrims, I believe the main priority is to get from temple to temple. The temples are the focus. For me, however, the temples were just reference points on an exploratory walk. The sites between the temples were just as important, and I tried to stop in at every single shrine I passed, both to learn any interesting local history and myths, and to find unique and interesting art.
I visited nearby temple number 74, Tozenji before heading on up the valley. In Tabarucho I stopped in at Norito Shrine. A little further I saw the unusual shimenawa of Yodohime Shrine.
Continuing to climb my next stop was Kamiari Shrine.
I carried on down the valley and just before reaching Yoshii Station and the train back into Sasebo I stopped in at a very small shrine. I have no idea of the shrines name as I couldnt read the eroded kanji on the torii, and can not find it on the map, but it did have a nice pair of komainu.
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Yodohime Shrine Shimenawa & Yamodo Festival
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Kifune Shrine Amagasaki
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Takano Shrine Ninomiya of Mimasaka
The shrine is the source of several nationally recognized Important Cultural properties, including a pair of small, wooden komainu dating to the early 9th century, and a pair of wooden Zuijin statues dated to 1125. These are all now in a museum and can't be seen here.
Labels:
chugoku33,
dragon,
izumo kaido,
ninomiya,
shimenawa,
Shrine,
torii,
ugayafukiaezu
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Norito Shrine
The main kami enshrined here is Iwainushi, believed to be a version of Futsunushi, a martial deity connected to swords and Katori Shrine who was an emissary from Amaterasu to Okuninushi and is claimed as the ancestor of the Mononobe Clan and later the Nakatomi/Fujiwara.
Labels:
futsunushi,
inari,
kyushu108,
Shrine,
torii
Monday, February 5, 2024
Kochi Daijingu & Yosakoi Inari Shrine
As a branch of Ise, the Daijingu enshrines Amaterasu. The chicken has been considered the messenger of Amaterasu in the same way that the fox is considered the messenger of Inari.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)