Oyama Shrine

It is located in Tateyama Town, Nakaniikawa County, Toyama Prefecture. The deities enshrined are Ameno Tajikarao no Mikoto and Izanagi no Mikoto. It is located at the summit of Mt. Tateyama in the Northern Alps, and at the foot of the mountain there is the Chugu Prayer Hall in the Ashikuraji area, and at the Iwakuraji area there is the Maetateshadan (the main hall is a national important cultural property). Mt. Tateyama is also written about in the Manyoshu, and as the center of mountain worship, it attracted the widespread faith of ascetic monks, and was also called Tateyama Gongen. It is said to have been founded in 701 (Taiho 1) by Ariyori, the son of Saeki Ariwaka, the provincial governor of Ecchu (Toyama Prefecture), and is listed as a minor shrine in the Engishiki. Formerly a minor national shrine. The annual festival is held on July 25th. The spring festival (ancient festival) held on April 8th on the front shrine altar, with successive generations of the Saeki family offering their services, is famous. The autumn festival is held on November 3rd. The wooden statue of Saeki Ariyori, a shrine treasure, is designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan.

[Naoki Iio]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

富山県中新川(なかにいかわ)郡立山(たてやま)町に鎮座。祭神は天手力男命(あめのたじからおのみこと)、伊邪那岐命(いざなぎのみこと)。北アルプス立山の山頂にあり、山麓(さんろく)の芦峅寺(あしくらじ)地区には中宮祈願殿、岩峅寺(いわくらじ)地区には前立社壇（本殿は国の重要文化財）がある。立山は『万葉集』にも詠まれ、山岳信仰の中心地として修験者(しゅげんじゃ)の広い信仰を集め、立山権現(ごんげん)ともいわれた。701年（大宝1）、越中(えっちゅう)（富山県）国司佐伯有若(さえきありわか)の子、有頼(ありより)の創祀(そうし)と伝え、『延喜式(えんぎしき)』では小社に列した。旧国幣小社。例祭7月25日。4月8日、前立社壇で、代々の社家佐伯家が奉仕して行われる春祭（古式祭）は有名。秋祭は11月3日。社宝の佐伯有頼木像は国の重要文化財に指定されている。

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