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Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine
Altar of the shrine at the peak
Glossary of Shinto

Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine also known as Chokaisan Ōmonoimi-jinja is a Shinto shrine on Mount Chokai.[1][2][3][4] It worships Omonoimi no Kami,[5] Toyoukebime and Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto.[6]

Every time the volcano erupted, the rank of Omonoimi no Kami was increased.[7] An eruption was interpreted as his angerr.[8]

It is a Beppyo shrine and a Myojin Taisha.[9]

It has been a prominent place of shugendo since the Middle Ages.[9][10]

A lake is worshipped there as a Kannabi.[11]

It is the Dewa Province Ichinomiya and linked with the Dewa Sanzan worship.[12]

It has a festival every year on July 14 called Hi-awase shinji. where fires are lit for good harvest and good fishing.[13]

It has three subshrines. Fukura-kuchinomiya and Warabioka-kuchinomiya at the foot of the mountain and Sancho-Gohonsha at the peak.[14]

It had a legal battle after World War II because people were confused about who owned the summit.[15]

Fukura-kuchinomiya[edit]

Fukura-kuchinomiya
Fukura-kuchinomiya
Glossary of Shinto

Fukura-kuchinomiya is a subshrine located at the foot of the mountain.[14]

The Honden is located on a hill and faces south.[6]

Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto is enshrined here.






Sanchō-Gohonsha[edit]

Sanchō-Gohonsha
Sanchō-Gohonsha
Glossary of Shinto

This Shrine is on the peak of Mount Chokai.[14] It was built in 564 in the reign of Emperor Kinmei.[14] It looks like an ordinary cabin on the outside[16] The shrine is rebuilt once every 20 years, it was rebuilt in 1997.[9]



Warabioka-kuchinomiya[edit]

Warabioka-kuchinomiya
Warabioka-kuchinomiya
Glossary of Shinto

Warabioka-kuchinomiya is a subshrine located at the foot of the mountain.[14] The shrine worships agricultural deities Toyoke-Ookami and Ukanomitama no Mikoto.[6]

The shrine has four Hokora[6]

There is a festival on May 3rd called Daimonbei Matsuri.[9]

There are three torii gates and the movie Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends was filmed there[17]

Omonoimi no kami[edit]

Mt. Chokai

Omonoimi no Kami is the God of Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine and Mount Chokai.[18][19] There are shrines that enshrine Omonoiminokami in various other places in the Tohoku region, including Chōkai gassan ryōsho-gu.

Ōmonoimi-no-kami (大物忌神) is considered possibly identical to Toyouke-hime [en; ja][lower-alpha 1][20]

He is associated with industrial growth.[21]

Every time Mount Chōkai erupted his rank increased.[22][19]

See also[edit]

simple:Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine

Notelist[edit]

  1. Ōmonoimi-no-kami is believed to be the god of Mount Chōkai in Yamagata prefecture, or the northernmost post of the land of Yamato.

References[edit]

  1. Fukada, Kyūya (2014-12-31). One Hundred Mountains of Japan. University of Hawaii Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8248-4785-2. Search this book on
  2. Kōdansha (1983). Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Kodansha. ISBN 978-0-87011-620-9. Search this book on
  3. "Climbing a less-crowded mountain in Japan". Stripes Okinawa. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  4. Engi-shiki; Procedures of the Engi Era: Books I-V. Sophia University. 1970. Search this book on
  5. Fukada, Kyūya (2014-12-31). One Hundred Mountains of Japan. University of Hawaii Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8248-4785-2. Search this book on
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Okunomichi". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2023-11-04. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. Fukada, Kyūya (2014-12-31). One Hundred Mountains of Japan. University of Hawaii Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8248-4785-2. Search this book on
  8. Suzuki, Yui (2011-12-19). Medicine Master Buddha: The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-22917-4. Search this book on
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "chokaizan omonoimi shrine(warabioka kuchi no miya) - shrine-heritager". shrineheritager.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  10. Castiglioni, Andrea; Rambelli, Fabio; Roth, Carina, eds. (2020). Defining Shugendō. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 57. doi:10.5040/9781350179424. ISBN 978-1-350-17939-4. Search this book on
  11. "Maruikesama" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2023-11-04. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  12. "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細".
  13. https://archive.ph/wip/vFYys
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 "Chokaizan Omono-Imi Jinja - Must-See, Access, Hours & Price". GOOD LUCK TRIP. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  15. "Reminiscences of Religion in Postwar Japan: Economic Changes after the War (Continued)". Contemporary Religions in Japan. 7 (1): 51–79. 1966. ISSN 0010-7557. JSTOR 30232985.
  16. https://archive.ph/NeCVF
  17. "Warabioka Kuchinomiya Shrine". Guidoor. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  18. "chokaizan omonoimi shrine(warabioka kuchi no miya) - Shrine-heritager". shrineheritager.com. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  19. 19.0 19.1 Fukada, Kyūya (2014-12-31). One Hundred Mountains of Japan. University of Hawaii Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8248-4785-2. Search this book on
  20. Sonoda, Minoru; Mogi, Sakae (1997). Nihon no kamigami no jiten : Shinto saishi to yaoyorozu no kamigami. Books esoterica, 2.; New sight mook (in 日本語). Gakken. pp. 68, 69. ISBN 9784056016291. OCLC 42978057. Search this book on
  21. "Enshrined Gods". kawawajinja.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  22. "Tallest Peak in North Japan: The Shugen History of Chokai-san". Tim Bunting. Retrieved 2023-05-10.


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