Kamado Shrine

The shrine is located on Mount Homan, which lies on the border between Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Chikushino City, and Umi Town, Kasuya County. The upper shrine is located at the summit, and the lower shrine and shrine office (in Uchiyama, Dazaifu City) are located at the foot of the mountain. Tamayorihime is the main deity, and Empress Jingu and Hachiman Okami are also enshrined as secondary deities. Since ancient times, the shrine has been considered a sacred mountain in the region, but it is said that the shrine was founded when the eight million gods were enshrined there to ward off evil spirits in the northeast when Dazaifu was built. It is a shrine listed in the Engishiki (working scriptures), and is ranked Shoichii (first rank). It was syncretized with Buddhism, and shrine temples such as Kamadoyama-dera were built there, and Saicho, Ennin, and others prayed there when they traveled to China. From the Middle Ages onwards, it flourished as a sacred place for Shugendo, and at its peak it had 370 temples, but the Shinto-Buddhist separation order issued during the Meiji Restoration caused the mountain ascetics to leave the mountain. It was designated a small shrine by the government in 1895 (Meiji 28). The ritual remains, sutra mound remains, and temple ruins within the grounds are valuable.

[Watanabe Hiroshi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

福岡県太宰府(だざいふ)市と筑紫野(ちくしの)市および糟屋(かすや)郡宇美(うみ)町の境にある宝満山(ほうまんざん)に鎮座。山頂に上宮(じょうぐう)が、山麓(さんろく)に下宮(げぐう)と社務所（太宰府市内山(うちやま)）がある。玉依姫(たまよりひめ)を主祭神とし、神功皇后(じんぐうこうごう)・八幡大神(はちまんのおおかみ)を配祀(はいし)する。古来、この地方の霊山的存在であったが、大宰府(だざいふ)の建設に際し、その東北の鬼門(きもん)よけのため八百万神(やおよろずのかみ)を祀(まつ)ったのが神社の創祀であるという。延喜式内社(えんぎしきないしゃ)で、神階(しんかい)は正一位。仏教と習合し、竈門(かまど)山寺らの神宮寺が建立され、最澄(さいちょう)・円仁(えんにん)なども渡唐の際に祈願している。中世以降は修験(しゅげん)の霊場として栄え、盛時は370坊を有したが、明治維新の神仏分離令により、山伏(やまぶし)たちは離山した。1895年（明治28）に官幣小社。境内の祭祀遺跡、経塚(きょうづか)遺跡、寺跡は貴重。

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