Oumitsu Shrine

...For this reason, Kinkasan was considered the guardian deity of fishing and navigation, and it is said that people always made a pilgrimage to Kinkasan before setting sail for fishing, and even when offshore, it was customary to sprinkle water toward Kinkasan and light a candle at sunset. Kinkasan Shrine is located halfway up the mountain, and Ooumitsumi Shrine is located at the top. In the early modern period, these shrines were called Shingon Daikinji and Ryuzo Gongen, respectively, and attracted worshippers as mountains dedicated to Benzaiten. Kinkasan worship has spread widely not only to coastal areas but also to rural areas through the preaching of mountain ascetics, and Kinkasan sects are found throughout the Tohoku region. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oumigi Shrine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…このため金華山は漁業･航海の守護神とされ，出漁には必ず金華山に参詣してから出航したと伝え，沖合でも日没時には金華山に向かって水をまき灯明を上げるならわしであったという。金華山の中腹には黄金山神社，山頂には大海祇（おおうみつみ）神社が鎮座しているが，近世期にはそれぞれ真言宗大金寺，竜蔵権現と呼ばれ，弁財天をまつる山として信仰を集めてきた。金華山信仰は修験者の布教などによって沿岸部はもちろんのこと，農村部にも広く浸透し，東北地方一帯に金華山講が分布している。…

※「大海祇神社」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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