Otaga-sama - Otaga-sama

...The Shinsho Kakuchokufusho records that in 766 (Tenpyo Jingo 2), six households were granted the title of deity, five to Yamada Shrine, and two to Hyuga Shrine. Although it was a small shrine under the Engisha system, it eventually came to be worshiped as a god of longevity, and during the Kamakura period it was made the chief guardian deity of Inukami county, and the priest was protected by the shogunate as a vassal. During the Genkō Incident, Emperor Kameyama's son, Prince Moriyoshi, offered a prayer to subdue the rebels, and during the Muromachi period, along with the activities of the shrine's priests, it attracted the faith of the masses, to the extent that it was said, "If you visit Ise Shrine, visit Otaga Shrine. I am the son of Ise Shrine and Otaga Shrine." "I visit Ise Shrine seven times, Kumano three times, and Otaga Shrine every month." Many warlords during the Sengoku period also made donations, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi offered 10,000 koku of rice as a token of appreciation after praying for the recovery of his birth mother from illness, the Tokugawa Shogunate also donated 350 koku of red seal land, and the Ii clan, lords of Hikone Domain, donated over 147 koku of black seal land. The construction of the shrine building was completed in 1638 (Kan'ei 15) by order of the Shogunate, but it suffered two fires, one in the An'ei era and one in the Tenmei era, and after a temporary construction in 1805 (Bunka 2), it was rebuilt in 1932.

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…《新抄格勅符抄》に，766年(天平神護2)神封6戸，摂社山田神社へ5戸，同日向神社へ2戸とあり，延喜の制で小社であるが，いつしか延命長寿の神として信仰され，鎌倉時代に犬上郡の総鎮守とされるとともに，神主が御家人として幕府の保護もうけた。元弘の変では亀山上皇の皇子守良親王より賊徒平定祈願をうけ，室町時代社僧の活躍とともに，〈お伊勢参らばお多賀へ参れ，お伊勢お多賀の子でござる〉〈お伊勢七度（ななたび），熊野へ三度，お多賀さまへは月参り〉といわれるほどの衆庶の信仰をあつめ，戦国武将の多くも寄進したが，豊臣秀吉は生母の病気平癒祈願のあと，その礼として米1万石を奉納，徳川幕府も朱印領350石を寄進，彦根藩主井伊氏も147石余の黒印領を寄せた。社殿は1638年(寛永15)幕府の命による造営が完成したが，安永，天明の2度の火災にあい，1805年(文化2)仮造営のあと，1932年再建。…

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