Hirose Shrine

Located in Kawai, Kawai-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara Prefecture. Wakaukanome-no-mikoto, Kushitama-no-mikoto, and Honoikazuchi-no-mikoto are enshrined here. It is said that the shrine was founded as Omi-kashiwade-no-kami during the reign of Emperor Sujin, and after the reign of Emperor Tenmu, it became customary to hold the Hirose O-imisai every April and July, just like the Tatsuta Wind God Festival (now Tatsuta Taisha in Misato-cho, Ikoma-gun), and this custom is also stipulated in the Shinto Code. It is a shrine listed in the Engi-shiki in Hirose-gun, Yamato Province, and was added to the 22 shrines during the Heian period. As the name suggests, the shrine is located near the confluence of the Yamato River, and it was highly revered as a water god who protects bountiful harvests. It was formerly a Kanpei Taisha (Great Shrine of the Imperial Court). Its annual festival is on April 4th. The Otaue Festival on February 11th is also known as the Sand-throwing Festival, and is an anthropomorphized agricultural ritual. The main hall is in the Kasuga style and was built in 1711 (Shotoku 1). It houses one volume of the "Kaaisha Engi" and one sheet of the "Drawings of Hirose Daimyojin, Hirose County, Washu."

[Masahiko Ninomiya]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

奈良県北葛城(きたかつらぎ)郡河合(かわい)町川合に鎮座。若宇加能売命(わかうかのめのみこと)、櫛玉命(くしたまのみこと)、穂雷命(ほのいかずちのみこと)を祀(まつ)る。崇神(すじん)天皇朝に大御膳神(おおみかしわでのかみ)として創祀(そうし)されたと伝え、天武(てんむ)天皇朝以後は毎年4月と7月に龍田風神祭(たつたふうじんさい)（現生駒(いこま)郡三郷(さんごう)町の龍田大社）と同じく、広瀬大忌祭(おおいみさい)を斎行することが慣例となり、「神祇令(じんぎりょう)」にも規定されている。大和(やまと)国広瀬郡の延喜(えんぎ)式内社であり、平安時代には二十二社にも加えられた。社地は地名どおりに大和川の合流点に近く、五穀豊穣(ほうじょう)を守る水神として厚く崇敬された。旧官幣大社。例祭日は4月4日。2月11日の御田植祭(おたうえまつり)は砂かけ祭とも称し、擬人化した農耕神事である。本殿は春日造(かすがづくり)で、1711年（正徳1）の造営。『河相社(かあいしゃ)縁起』1巻、『和州(わしゅう)広瀬郡広瀬大明神之図』1枚を蔵する。

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