Showing posts with label matsuo shrine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label matsuo shrine. Show all posts

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Matsuo Shrine, Minamikokura


Just around the corner from the Sohachiman Shrine was the back entrance to a smaller shrine named Matsuo Shrine, a branch of the famous Matsuo (or Matsunoo) Taisha near Kyoto.


The two main kami are Oyamagui and his wife Nakatsushimahime,  believed to be the ancestral kami of the Hata clan who founded Matsuo Shrine as well as Fushimi Inari. The signboard here also lists Onamuchi, one of the names of Okuninushi.


It also lists a Taga Shrine as a Massha. Massha and Sessha are secondary shrines usually within a shrine grounds. Historically the two were a little different but the distinction is no longer valid, basically it means that the kami of the secondary shrine has some sort of relationship, often familial, with the main shrine kami.


The kami of the Taga Shrine is unclear.


Monday, December 7, 2009

O-miki by the barrel

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A huge stack of sakedaru (sake barrels) at Matsuo Shrine near Kyoto. Matsuo is the home of the patron kami of sake brewers.

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Sake when offered to the kami is known as O-miki. It is one of the primary offering (shinsen) to the kami. After a ceremony the omiki will be shared among the participants and congregation.

I don't drink sake, but gladly drink omiki.

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The wooden sakedaru are wrapped in a ricestraw blanket to protect them during transportation.

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Most of the major shrines will have a stack of sakedaru, usually, but not always, donated by brewers.

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

An umbrella at Matsuo Shrine

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Just 4 shots of a red Japanese umbrella I saw at Matsuo Shrine near Kyoto.

My favorite is the last one.

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