Shirayamahime Shrine

Located in Sannomiya-cho, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Commonly known as "Hakusan". The deities enshrined are Hakusan Hime-no-kami (Kikurihime-no-kami), Izanagi-no-mikoto, and Izanami-no-mikoto. A shrine listed in the Engishiki, Kaga Baba is one of the three Hakusan Baba (the other two are Echizen Baba and Mino Baba) that were established in the early 9th century as the starting point for the path to climb Hakusan. It is also Kaga Ichinomiya. The exact date of its founding is unclear, but it began with worshiping the sacred mountain Hakusan as a sacred mountain, and the shrine's tradition states that it was founded in the 7th year of the reign of Emperor Sujin. In 853 (Jinju 3), he was awarded the rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) (Montoku Jitsuroku), and in 859 (Jogan 1), he was awarded the rank of Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank). In the Middle Ages, it was known as one of the Seven Hakusan Shrines, and is said to have had 3,000 monks. It was affectionately known as Hakusan Hongu and Hakusan Temple, but was renamed to its current name after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism following the Meiji Restoration. It was formerly a nationally-beloved medium-sized shrine. The annual festival is held on May 6th, and the Umegako Festival is held, in which plum branches are offered to the altar in traditional style. There are many shrine treasures, including the sword inscribed Yoshimitsu (National Treasure) and the Hakusan Honjinno Shotoki (National Important Cultural Property).

[Takafusa Hiraizumi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

石川県白山(はくさん)市三宮(さんのみや)町に鎮座。通称「白山(はくさん)」。祭神は白山比咩神（菊理媛(きくりひめ)神）、伊弉諾尊(いざなぎのみこと)、伊弉冉(いざなみ)尊。延喜式内社で、9世紀初め白山へ登拝する道の基点として開かれた白山三馬場(ばんば)の一つ加賀馬場（他の二つは越前馬場・美濃馬場）である。また加賀一宮(いちのみや)。創建はさだかでないが、霊峰白山を神体山として崇めたことに始まり、社伝では崇神(すじん)天皇7年と伝える。853年（仁寿3）従三位(じゅさんみ)を授けられ（文徳実録(もんとくじつろく)）、859年（貞観1）正三位。中世には白山七社と称し、衆徒3000人を擁したという。白山本宮・白山寺として親しまれてきたが、明治維新後の神仏分離で現社名に改称した。旧国幣中社。例祭日は5月6日、梅枝を古式ゆかしく神前に献ずる梅ヶ香祭が行われる。銘吉光(よしみつ)の剣（国宝）、『白山本神皇正統記(じんのうしょうとうき)』（国重要文化財）以下社宝も多い。

［平泉隆房］

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