Aizu Shrine History

Japanese: 会津神社志 - あいづじんじゃし

A book written by Hattori Yasuyasu (1619-81) on the orders of the feudal lord Hoshina Masayuki about the shrines in the Aizu domain. 1 volume. Completed in 1672 (Kanbun 12). Hoshina Masayuki, known as a wise ruler in the early modern period, was influenced by Confucian Shinto, Suika Shinto, and especially the Rigaku Shinto of Yoshikawa Koretari, but seeing the shrines in his domain falling into disrepair, in 1665 he ordered Tomomatsu Kanjuro, Kimura Chuemon, Hattori Yasuyasu and others to investigate and work to restore them. This book is a list in which Yasuyasu listed the names of 268 historic shrines in four counties: 89 in Aizu county, 76 in Yama county, 62 in Onuma county, and 41 in Kawanuma county.The book also includes prefaces by Hayashi Razan's son Gaho, grandson Houkou, and Yamazaki Ansai, as well as postscripts by Yoshikawa Koretari and Hattori Yasuyasu, and these provide insight into the Shinto administration of the Aizu domain.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

会津藩内の神社について，藩主保科正之（ほしなまさゆき）の命をうけ，服部安休(1619‐81)が記した書。1巻。1672年(寛文12)成立。近世初期の名君として知られる保科正之は，儒家神道，垂加（すいか）神道，ことに吉川惟足（これたり）の理学神道の影響をうけていたが，藩内神社の荒廃をみて，1665年友松勘十郎，木村忠右衛門，服部安休らに命じて，その調査に当たらせ，その復興をはかった。それにより，安休が会津郡89座，耶麻郡76座，大沼郡62座，河沼郡41座の4郡268座の由緒ある神社名を列挙したのが本書で，林羅山の子鵞峰，孫鳳岡，山崎闇斎の序文，吉川惟足，服部安休の跋文をつけているが，それらにより，会津藩の神祇行政が知られる。

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