Futarasan Shrine

Japanese: 二荒山神社 - ふたらさんじんじゃ

(Also called "Futarayamajinja", "Futarayamajinja", or "Futarasanjinja") [1] A shrine located in Yamauchi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. Formerly a national shrine. The deities enshrined are Oonamuchi-no -Mikoto, Tagorihime-no-Mikoto, and Ajisuki-Takahikone -no- Mikoto. It began as a mountain worship of Mount Futara (Mount Nantai) in ancient times, and in the first year of the Jingo Keiun era ( 767 ), Shodo Shonin built a shrine at the foot of the mountain as the main shrine, and built an inner shrine on the top of the mountain and a middle shrine on the middle slope. Futara means Potalaka ( Pure Land of Kannon) and can also be read as "Niko". It was the center of Shugendo, a branch of the Tendai sect, and was called Futara Gongen and Nikko Gongen. It houses two swords that are national treasures. Shimotsuke Province Ichinomiya. Nikko Futarasan Shrine. [2] A shrine located on Baba Street in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. Formerly a national shrine. The deities enshrined are Toyokiirihiko no Mikoto, Omononushi no Mikoto, and Kotoshironushi no Mikoto. It is said to have begun when Shimotsuke no Kuni no Miyatsuko Narawake no Omi enshrined his ancestor Toyokiirihiko no Mikoto during the reign of Emperor Nintoku. One theory is that it is Shimotsuke Province's Ichinomiya. Utsunomiya Futaarayama Shrine. Utsunomiya Daimyojin.

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Japanese:

(「ふたらやまじんじゃ」「ふたあらやまじんじゃ」「ふたあらさんじんじゃ」とも)[一] 栃木県日光市山内にある神社。旧国幣中社。祭神は大己貴命(おおなむちのみこと)・田心(たごり)姫命・味耜(あじすき)高彦根命。上古の二荒山（男体山）に対する山岳信仰に始まり、神護景雲元年（七六七）勝道上人がふもとに社殿を創建して本社とし、山上に奥宮、中腹に中宮を建てた。二荒は補陀落(ふだら)（観音浄土）の意で「にこう」とも音読。天台宗系の修験道の中心で二荒権現、日光権現と呼ばれた。国宝の太刀二振りを蔵する。下野国一の宮。日光二荒山神社。[二] 栃木県宇都宮市馬場通りにある神社。旧国幣中社。祭神は豊城入彦命(とよきいりひこのみこと)、大物主命、事代主命。仁徳天皇の代に下野国造(しもつけのくにのみやつこ)奈良別王が祖神の豊城入彦命を奉斎したのに始まると伝えられる。一説に下野国一の宮という。宇津宮二荒山神社。宇津宮大明神。

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