Hieda Jinja Shrine

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Hieda Jinja 薭田神社（ひえだじんじゃ）
大田区 Ōta-ku, Ota ward, Kamata // Hieta Shrine



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Along with Rokugo Jinja, Mita Hachiman Jinja, and Unoki Hachiman Jinja, Hieta Jinja is one of the four candidates to be the Hieta Jinja mentioned in the Engi-shiki.

The shrine legend tells us that in the year 709 the Buddhist monk, Gyōki, made shintai (divine images) of Amaterasu Ōkami, Hachiman, and Kasuga and enshrined them. That the three shintai existed and were worshipped is probably a matter of fact, the existence of what is now the Hieta Jinja is more one of conjecture.

The first historical reference to what may have been a Hieta Jinja is in the Veritable Record of Three Generations of Emperors of Japan, published in 901. In the Engi Shiki, completed in 967, mention is made of two shrines in Ebara-gun, Musashi Province, Hieta Jinja and Iwai Jinja. In 1872 it was designated a gōsha: it is currently a kenmusha of Kamata Hachiman Jinja.

The shrine was basically destroyed in the firebombing of April 15, 1945, and while a temporary main hall was quickly put together it was not until 1954 that it was properly rebuilt. Further work was done in 2000. The koma-inu, dating to 1959, are relatively recent.

- In-ground Shrines:
Tenso Jinja 天祖神社
Sanjūban Jinja 三十番神社
Inari Jinja 稲荷神社
Yakuso Jinja 薬祖神社

- Deities in residence
Hondawake-no-mikoto 誉田別命
Amaterasu Ōkami 天照大神
Takenouchi no Sukune 武内宿禰
Kazuragi Sotsuhiko 葛城襲津彦
Kasuga Ōkami 春日大神

Note that the two kami, Takenouchi-no-Sukune and Katsuragi Sotsuhiko are semi-historical persons, father and son , and Takenouchi is said to have been an advisor to five emperors between 71 and 399. His 73rd generation descendant, Takeuchi Mitshiro (竹内睦泰), is the current custodian of what is a fascinating, if fanciful, family history.

- source and photos : Rod Lucas

. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu . (668 - 749)

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One of the enshrined deities here is the sun goddess, Amaterasu Oomikami, considered to be the creator of the Japanese people. On the right-hand side of the main structure there are three smaller shrines with their own torii gate. By one of the shrines there is a small pond with “pure water” written in kanji. In the pond you can see tiny fishes swimming actively.
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薭田神社(稗田神社)



東京都大田区蒲田3-2-10 Kamata
御祭神:誉田別命・天照大神・武内宿禰命・荒木田襲津彦命・春日大神
社格等:延喜式内社(小社論社)・郷社
例大祭:9月15日前後の土・日曜

式内社と呼ばれる古い格式をもつ神社である、平安時代（十世紀）に編纂された『延喜式』の神明帳に記載され、また『三代実録』に貞観六年（864）「武蔵国従五位下蒲田神を以て並びに官社に列す」とあるのが、この神社であろうといわれる。
社伝によれば、和銅二年（709）僧行基が天照、八幡、春日の三神体を刻んで安置し、鎌倉時代（十三世紀後半）に日蓮が村民の請いをいれて開眼したと伝えられる。江戸時代（十七〜十九世紀後半）には隣接の栄林寺が別当であったが、明治初年（十九世紀後半）の神仏分離により独立し、旧社格は郷社に定められた。
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