Usa Daiguji - Usa Daiguji

Japanese: 宇佐大宮司 - うさだいぐうじ
Usa Daiguji - Usa Daiguji

...The first shrine is Usa Jingu (Usa Hachiman Shrine) in Usa City, Oita Prefecture. Hachiman contributed greatly to the construction of the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple and played a major role in the incident of Dokyo's oracle at Usa Hachiman Shrine in 769 (Jingo Keiun 3). When the brothers Taira no Kiyomori and Yorimori became Dazai Daini at the end of the Heian period, the ties between the shrine and the Taira clan deepened, and in 1166 (Jin'an 1), Usa Daiguji Kinmichi was appointed Dazaiken Shoni, and when the Taira clan government was established, Daiguji Kinmichi was appointed governor of Buzen Province. For this reason, during the Genpei War, the shrine was burned down by Ogata Koreyoshi of Bungo, who sided with the Minamoto clan. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Usa Daiguji" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一宮は現大分県宇佐市の宇佐神宮(宇佐八幡宮)で,同八幡は東大寺大仏建立に大いに貢献し,769年(神護景雲3)の道鏡の宇佐八幡宮神託事件でも大きな役割を果たした。平安末期に平清盛・頼盛兄弟が大宰大弐になると神宮と平氏の結びつきが深まり,1166年(仁安1)宇佐大宮司公通が大宰権少弐に任命され,さらに平氏政権が成立すると大宮司公通が豊前国司に補任された。このため源平合戦時には,源氏に味方した豊後の緒方惟栄(おがたこれよし)のために神宮が焼打ちされる事件が発生した。…

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