Dedicated to Hachiman | Founded 921 AD | |
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Website www.city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp/iitokoro/enjoy/rekishi/shashinuturikawari/azuma/az14.html Address Japan, 〒359-1131 埼玉県所沢市久米２４２８ Similar Hatomine Park, Tokorozawa Shinmei Shrine, Hachikokuyama, Shinko‑ji, Sayamasanfudoji | ||
Hatogamine Hachiman Shrine (鳩峰八幡神社, Hatogamine Hachiman Jinja) is a Shintō shrine in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
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History
Hatogamine Hachiman Shrine is believed to date to 921 A. D. as a branch of the Iwashimizu Hachimangū south of Kyoto. Shrine records state that the shrine buildings were repaired in 1232 and that in 1333 Nitta Yoshisada prayed at the shrine for victory at the start of the Kōzuke-Musashi Campaign against the Kamakura shogunate. The ”Kabutokakeno Pine Tree" (兜掛松, Kabutokakeno Matsu) on the grounds is claimed to date from that time and to be where Nitta hung his helmet while praying.
In year 1591 the future Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu began a tradition of donating lumber for the shrine, which was maintained by subsequent Shoguns until the end of the Edo Period in 1867.
The main hall rests on a wooded hilltop and dates from the Muromachi period, making it one of the oldest structures in Saitama Prefecture.
Setsumatsusha include a Yasaka Shrine and a Suiten-gu shrine.
Enshrined kami
Festivals
The major festivals are: