Ichinomiya Asama Shrine (Fuefuki)

Shintō shrine in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Ichinomiya Asama Jinja 一宮浅間神社
Haiden of Ichinomiya Asama Jinja
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Konohanasakuya-hime
Festival	April 15
Type	Asama Shrine
Location
Location	1684 Ichinomiya-chō, Ichinomiya, Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi-ken 405-0056
Shown within Yamanashi PrefectureShow map of Yamanashi PrefectureIchinomiya Asama Shrine (Fuefuki) (Japan)Show map of Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°38′51.93″N 138°41′50.79″E / 35.6477583°N 138.6974417°E / 35.6477583; 138.6974417
Architecture
Style	Nagare-zukuri
Date established	865 AD
Website
Official website
Glossary of Shinto

The Ichinomiya Asama Jinja (一宮浅間神社) is a Shintō shrine in the Ichinomiya neighborhood of the city of Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines which vie for the total of ichinomiya of former Kai Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on April 15. It is also known as simply the Asama Jinja (浅間神社)

Enshrined kami

Konohanasakuya-hime (木花咲耶姫), the daughter of Ōyamatsu-no-mikoto (大山祇命). Mount Fuji was deified and its kami was named Asama no Okami (浅間大神), also known as Asama Daimyōjin (浅間大明神), Asama Gongen (浅間権現) or Sengen Daibōsatsu (浅間大菩薩), and is associated with Konohanasakuya-hime.

History

The foundation of the Ichinomiya Asama Jinja predates the historical period. Per shrine tradition, it was established in reign of the semi-legendary Emperor Suinin (reigned 29 BC – 70 AD) with the shrine first built on its current location in 865 AD. Per the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku, this was a period of intense volcanic activity on Mount Fuji, and the shrine was built in order to appease the kami of the mountain. The shrine is located near the site of the provincial temple of Kai Province, the Kai Kokubun-ji and the provincial capital during the Nara and Heian periods. The shrine is mentioned in the Engishiki records of 926 AD as a myōjin taisha (名神大社) and has been regarded as the ichinomiya of Kai Province since the end of the Heian period. Through the Sengoku period, the Takeda clan patronized of the shrine, and its extensive land holdings in central Kai Province were confirmed by Tokugawa Ieyasu after the start of the Tokugawa shogunate. The current Haiden of the shrine was built in 1672 and is a Tangible Culturalproperty of Fuefuki city. During the post-Meiji restoration system of State Shinto, the shrine was officially designated a National Shrine, 2nd rank (国幣中社kokuhei-chūsha), in the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines.

The shrine is a 60-minute walk (or 10-minute car ride) from Yamanashishi Station on the JR East Chūō Main Line.

Gallery

Precincts
Honden and "Meoto-ume"
Kagura-den
Gate
Ichi-no-Torii

Cultural Properties

Important Cultural Properties

Heart Sutra (般若心経), Sengoku period. In 1541, Emperor Go-Nara planned to dedicate a copy of the Heart Sutra to each ichinomiya in the country to pray for peace. The dedication was actually carried out in 24 countries, of which seven copies are known to still exist. The one at the Asama Jinja was brought to this shrine in 1550, and was dedicated Takeda Shingen. It was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1905.

Honden of Yamamiya Jinja (山宮神社本殿), late Muromachi period. The Yamamiya Jinja is a subsidiary shrine located some distance outside the main shrine compound. The Honden of this shrine was constructed in 1558 and was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1907.

References

Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.
Okada, Shoji (2014). Taiyō no chizuchō 24 zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' meguri (in Japanese). Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582945614.
"紺紙金泥般若心経〈後奈良院宸翰／〉" [Konshikondei han'nyashinkyō 〈Go-Nara-in shinkan/ 〉] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
"浅間神社摂社山宮神社本殿" [Asamajinja sessha Yamamiya Jinja honden] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

External links

Media related to Ichinomiya asama-jinja at Wikimedia Commons

Official site of the shrine
Fuefuki official tourism site Archived 2019-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
Omiyukisan festival

Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzu or temizu Haiden Heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den setsumatsusha
Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae shinboku shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō
Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri
Decorations	Sandō Saisen Tomoe Shimenawa

Others

Implements	An Chōzubachi Chōzuya Hakama Himorogi Jōe Kagura suzu O-miki Ō-nusa Gohei Sanbo Shide Shinsen Suzu Tamagushi Masakaki Washi
Head shrines	Fushimi Inari Taisha Inari Ōkami Inari shrine Usa Hachiman-gū Hachiman Hachiman Shrine Ise Grand Shrine Amaterasu Jingūkyō Jingu Taima Shinmei shrines Dazaifu Tenman-gū Tenjin Tenmangū Munakata Taisha daughters of Amaterasu Suwa Taisha Takeminakata Yasakatome Kotoshironushi Hiyoshi Taisha Ōkuninushi Oyamakui no Kami Sannō torii Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō Kumano Nachi Taisha Kumano Kodō Kumano Sanzan Tsushima Shrine Gion cult Yasaka Shrine Gion cult
Tutelary deities	Ujigami Chinjugami Garanshin Dōsojin Jinushigami Yama-no-Kami Oyagami Sorei Ubusunagami Kunitama
Yorishiro and Shintai	Mirrors Shinboku (trees) Chinju no Mori (forests) Iwakura (rocks) Meoto Iwa Kannabi (locations) Katashiro (dolls) Kadomatsu Bunrei and Kanjō (propagation) Ofuda Jingu Taima Omamori Senjafuda Arahitogami Mikoshi Matsuri float Shinko-shiki
Staff	Kannushi Miko
Miscellaneous	A-un Kanjo Nawa Junrei Misaki Miyamairi Shinshi
Classification	Twenty-Two Shrines Gokoku Shrines Beppyo Shrines Shinkai (divine rank) Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines Engishiki Jinmyocho Chinjusha Setsumatsusha Hokora Buddhist elements jingū-ji miyadera Whale mounds Kamidana Mitamaya Sōja shrine
History	Shrine Parishioner Registration Secular Shrine Theory Shrine Consolidation Policy Shrine Shinto
Misc practices for visitors	Ō-mikuji Shuin Ema
Institutions	Jinja Honchō
Rites	Futomani Harae Kagura Misogi Hakushu Two bows, two claps, one bow Jichinsai
(in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

v t e Asama Faith
Main Deities	Konohanasakuya-hime
Shrines	Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha Ichinomiya Asama Shrine (Fuefuki) Ichinomiya Sengen Shrine Shizuoka Sengen Shrine Yamamiya Sengen Shrine Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine [ja] Fuji Omuro Sengen Shrine [ja] Omuro Sengen Shrine [ja] Fuji Rokusho Sengen Shrine [ja]

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