Ōagata Shrine

Ōagata Shrine
Hime no Miya and Umezono
Religion
DeityOarata-no-mikoto (大荒田命)[1]
Tamahime-no-Mikoto (Hime no MIya)
Website
http://kikuko-nagoya.com/html/ooagata-shrine.html

Ōagata Shrine (大縣神社) is a Shinto shrine in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture.[2][3][4] It was recorded in the Engishiki Jinmyocho as a Myojin Taisha. It is the Ninomiya or second ranked shrine of Owari Province,[2] ranked below Masumida Shrine..[5] It is a Beppyo shrine.

It is located next to Tagata Shrine. A shrine famous for its Harvest Festival Hōnensai, or the penis festival held annually on March 15.[6][7]

It has a vagina festival on May 14th. Their festival is less sexually provocative.[8][9][10]

Description

There are many small shrines within the precincts of Ogata Shrine. In the past, there used to be two Betsugu shrines and 52 subordinate shrines. One of these shrines, called Hime no Miya, is dedicated to Tamahime no Mikoto (although some people believe it is dedicated to Kurinama no kami). Since ancient times, this shrine has been worshipped as a guardian deity for safe childbirth. This is related to the phallus-shaped object at Tagata Shrine in Komaki City. At the top of Mt. Hongu, there is Hongu Shrine, which is dedicated to the Aramitama of Oogata no Okami.

The building of the Ogata Shrine is known as 'Ogata-zukuri' and was constructed in 1661 by Mitsutomo Tokugawa, who was the second lord of the Owari Domain. [11]

An ancient tomb called Aotsuka Kofun is next to the shrine, it is the second largest Zenpokoenfun in Aichi Prefecture. There are other Kofun in the area of many shapes and sizes.[1]

On the slope of the mountain behind the shrine's grounds, there are approximately 300 weeping plum trees.

  • Tagata Shrine- is a Shinto shrine located in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture. Unlike Ogata Shrine, it enshrines a phallic-shaped object called 'Oowasegata'. Every year on March 15th, the shrine holds a Harvest Festival where phallus-shaped portable shrines are carried through the streets.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Isomura, Yukio; Sakai, Hideya (2012). (国指定史跡事典) National Historic Site Encyclopedia. 学生社. ISBN 978-4311750403.(in Japanese)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Isomura, Yukio; Sakai, Hideya (2012). (国指定史跡事典) National Historic Site Encyclopedia. 学生社. ISBN 978-4311750403.(in Japanese)
  3. ↑ D, John (2012-03-24). "Fertility festival (Oh-agata/ Oagata Jinja)". Green Shinto. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  4. ↑ https://brill.com/previewpdf/book/9789004293786/B9789004293786_003.xml
  5. ↑ Shibuya, Nobuhiro (2015). Shokoku jinja Ichinomiya Ninomiya San'nomiya (in Japanese). Yamakawa shuppansha. ISBN 978-4634150867.
  6. ↑ https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=act-001%3A1959%3A16%3A%3A995
  7. ↑ Knapp, Bettina L. (1997-01-01). Women in Myth. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-3164-1.
  8. ↑ "Hime-no-miya Matsuri in Inuyama 犬山の姫の宮祭り by Matthew Haswell". PBase. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  9. ↑ https://brill.com/previewpdf/book/9789004293786/B9789004293786_003.xml
  10. ↑ D, John (2012-03-24). "Fertility festival (Oh-agata/ Oagata Jinja)". Green Shinto. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  11. ↑ 大縣神社について

Sources

  • Jiro Suzuki, History of Oogata Shrine, 1969
  • Edited and supervised by Motohiko Yasutsu and Yoshihiko Umeda, Shinto Dictionary, Jinja Shimposha, 1968, p.15
  • Edited by Eiji Shirai and Masanori Toki, "Jinja Dictionary" Tokyodo Publishing, 1979, p.63
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