Yusuhara Hachimangū

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| name = Yusuhara Hachiman-gū
柞原八幡宮

| image = YusuharaHachimangu Shaden.JPG

| caption = Shaden of Yusuhara Hachiman-gū

| map_type = Japan Oita Prefecture#Japan

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| coordinates = {{coord|33|14|18.2|N|131|33|3.6|E|type:landmark_region:JP|display=title,inline}}

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| religious_affiliation = Shinto

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| deity = Hachiman

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| established = c.830

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| location = 987 Yawata, Ōita-shi, Ōita-ken

| website = {{Official|1=https://oita-yusuhara.com}}

| architecture_style = Hachiman-zukuri

| festival = March 15

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{{nihongo|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.[http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/images/uploads/EOS070712Ab.pdf "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1.]; retrieved 2011-08-010 The shrine's main festival is held annually on March 15.{{cite book |last1=Shibuya |first1=Nobuhiro |title=Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya |date=2015 |publisher= Yamakawa shuppansha |isbn=4634150867 |language=Japanese}} It is also sometimes referred to as {{nihongo|Yusubara Hachiman-gū|由原八幡宮||}}.

Enshrined ''kami''

The main kami at this shrine is {{nihongo|Hachiman|八幡||}}, here identified as the trinity of Emperor Chūai, Emperor Ōjin and Empress Jingū.{{cite book |last1=Yoshiki |first1=Emi |title=Zenkoku `Ichinomiya' tettei gaido |date=2007 |publisher=PHP Institute |isbn=4569669301 |language=Japanese}}

History

The foundation date of this shrine is unknown. The shrine's legend, which dates from the Kamakura period states that in the year 827, a monk of Enryaku-ji named Konki worshipped at Usa Hachiman-gū for 1000 days and received an oracle which stated that the kami Hachiman would bless Bungo Province. A mysterious white banner flew over Kakugo, Ōita and was presented to Emperor Ninmyo, who ordered the governor of Bungo Province to construct this shrine. From the year 998 onwards, it became the practice to reconstruct the shrine buildings at 33 year intervals, the same as at Usa Hachiman-gū. Despite its dispute with Sasumuta Jinja, which as an equally ancient claim to the title, it has been referred to as the "Bungo ichinomiya since the 12th century, because of the shrine's proximity to the kokufu of Bungo Province. The shrine was supported by the Ōtomo clan from the time they entered the province as shugo during the Kamakura period. In the Sengoku period, it was destroyed by Ōtomo Sōrin after his conversion to Christianity, but was rebuilt in the early Edo period and supported by the successive daimyō of Funai Domain. Following the Meiji Restoration, it was given the rank Prefectural shrine under the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines. In 1912, it was promoted to a {{nihongo|National Shrine, 3rd rank|国幣小社|Kokuhei Shosha}} .{{cite book |last1=Okada |first1=Shoji |title=Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku `Ichinomiya' meguri |date=2014 |publisher=Heibonsha |isbn=4582945619 |language=Japanese}}

Gallery

Yusuhara hachimangu Big gate.JPG|Torii Gate

Higurashimon.JPG|Nandaimon

Yusuhara hachimangu Nishimon.JPG|Nishimon

Yusuhara hachimangu Roumon.JPG|'Moshidono, Heiden, Rōmon

Inside Roumon.JPG|Inside the shrine buildings

Cultural properties

=Natural Monuments=

Camphora officinarum, National Natural Monument.{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2851|title=柞原八幡宮のクス|language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2023}} Claimed to be over 3000 years old. Mentioned by Ino Tadataka in his 1811 survey of Japan

=[[Important Cultural Property (Japan)|Important Cultural Properties]]=

Yusuhara Hachiman-gu (10 structures), Edo Period.{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/00004531|title=柞原八幡宮|language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2023}}
Honden, 1850
Mōshidono, 1752
Haiden, 1759
Rōmon, 1760
Tōhōden, 1757
Saihōden, 1757
East Corridor, 1798
West Corridor, 1798
West Gate, late Edo Period
South Great Gate, 1870, with storehouse including 4 documents: blueprints for Main Shrine and Rōmon, 2 maps of precincts)

Tachi sword, Kamakura period, inscribed "Kunimune"{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/6405|title=太刀〈銘国宗／〉|language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2023}}
Tachi sword, Kamakura period, inscribed "Minamoto no Kuni?"{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/6404|title=太刀〈銘源国（以下一字竝年号不明）／〉〉|language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2023}}
Halberd, Nanboku-chō period, inscribed "Kunishige" and "Hachiman Daibodhisattva Tenma Daijizai Tenjin"{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/6406|title=薙刀直シ刀〈銘国重八幡大菩薩天満大自在天神／〉|language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2023}}
Bronze Buddha statue, Asuka period. {{cite web |url= https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/4648 |title=銅造仏像（社伝阿弥陀如來立像）|language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2023}}
Armor, complete set, Muromachi period, {{cite web |url= https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/7221 |title=白檀塗浅葱糸威腹巻〈兜・大袖・小具足付／〉|language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2023}}
Yusuhara Hachiman-gu old documents, Heian period, 17 scrolls with 216 documents. {{cite web |url= https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10379 |title=柞原八幡宮文書（二百十六通）|language=ja |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=August 20, 2023}}