Collection of Oracles from Hachiman Usa Shrine - Hachiman Usa Shrine Oracles

Japanese: 八幡宇佐宮御託宣集 - はちまんうさぐうごたくせんしゅう

This is a book of the origins of Usa Jingu Shrine written in 1313 (Showa 2) by Shin'un, the head priest of Usa Miroku-ji Temple. It has 16 volumes. Since the original was lost during the Genpei War, various historical materials were collected from 1290 (Shoo 3), and the origins of Hachiman Shrine and the enshrined deity were recorded based on oracles. It touches on the so-called conquest of the Three Kingdoms and the Dokyo issue, and also describes the gods of the Kyushu region, centered around Usa, rather than local Buddhist folk legends. It is a major book not only for research on Hachiman faith but also on the history of Shinto. Copies are kept at Usa Jingu Shrine, Hakozaki Shrine, Yusuhara Hachiman Shrine, the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, and other places.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1313年(正和2)宇佐弥勒寺学頭僧神吽（しんうん）の撰した宇佐神宮の縁起書。16巻。源平合戦により本縁起を紛失したので，1290年(正応3)より諸史料を収集し，託宣により八幡宮の起源，祭神などの縁起を記すが，いわゆる三韓征伐，道鏡問題にふれ，また仏教的な地方民間伝説より，宇佐中心の九州地方の神々についても記しており，八幡信仰の研究のみならず神道史研究上の主要書。宇佐神宮，筥崎（はこざき）宮，柞原（ゆすはら）八幡宮，東京大学史料編纂所等に写本がある。

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