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Miyashiro Shrine
Miyashiro Shrine
Miyashiro Shrine
When Kūkai prepared to establish his monastic community at Kōyasan, he was careful to enlist the support of the local deities to whom the mountain belonged. The Shinto shrine standing at the western end of the Danjō Garan is where these gods are now worshipped (having been relocated from their original home farther down the mountain).
The Miyashiro, or Myōjin-sha 明神社 as it is sometimes called, comprises three separate sanctuaries (honden). The two on the right in the popular Kasuga-zukuri style house the female goddess Niu-myōjin and her son, the hunter god Kariba-myōjin, respectively. The third, which was added later, is a compound shrine for two sister deities and their many attendants. The current buildings are reconstructions from the year 1594 and are designated as important cultural properties.
It is believed that the reconstruction was carried out by carpenters from Nara, which explains the similarities with Kasuga-zukuri style
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