Atago Shrine (Kyoto) Explained

Atago Jinja 愛宕神社
Map Type:	Japan
Coordinates:	35.06°N 135.6344°W
Religious Affiliation:	Shinto
Type:	Atago shrine
Deity:	Atago Gongen
Founded By:	En no Ozunu, Taichō
Established:	701 - 704
Location:	Atago-chō, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
Festival:	Sen-nichi Tsuyasai (July 31)

is a Shinto shrine on Mount Atago, the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. Enshrined is Atago Gongen who protects Kyoto from fire.^[1] Shugendō practices and a place for worship are known from the eighth century.^[2] The late-Kamakura period Honden has been designated an Important Cultural Property.^[3] (Actually, the late-Kamakura period Honden is located at another Atago-jinja in Kameoka, to the northwest of Kyoto : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=35.0408446&lon=135.5869369&z=17&l=0&m=b&v=8&show=/26233643/Atago-jinja-Shrine) Atago Jinja is the head of nine hundred Atago shrines throughout Japan.^[2]

Deities

Main hall

• Izanami no Mikoto
• Haniyasuhime no Mikoto
• Amenokumahito no Mikoto
• Wakumusubi no Kami
• Toyoukebime no Mikoto

Wakamiya

• Ikazuchi no Kami
• Kagutsuchi no Mikoto
• Hamushi no Kami

Okumiya

• Ōkuninushi

See also

• Atago Jinja (Tokyo)
• Shinbutsu shūgō
• Honji suijaku
• Tsukinowa-dera

Further reading

The Cult of Mount Atago and the Atago Confraternities . Bouchy, Anne-Marie . The Journal of Asian Studies . 46 . 2 . 1987 . 255–277 . 10.2307/2056014. 2056014 . 164149571 .

External links

Atago Jinja homepage

35.06°N 135.6344°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atago Stone Lanterns . . 7 April 2011.
2. Web site: Atago Jinja - history . Atago Jinja . 7 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110517220742/http://kyoto-atago.jp/images/yuishogaki2.htm . 17 May 2011 .
3. Web site: Database of Registered National Cultural Properties . . 7 April 2011.