Tagata Shrine

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Tagata Shrine
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File:Icon of Shinto.svg Glossary of Shinto

Tagata Shrine is a small shrine located in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Tagata Shrine is famous for its Harvest Festival Hōnensai, or the penis festival held annually on March 15. The festival has received large amounts of attention.

It is near Ōagata Shrine which has a similar yonic festival the Sunday before this festival

History

The exact year of foundation for Tagata Shrine is unknown, but it is believed to be over 1500 years old. It is known for combining beliefs related to fertility and agriculture.

It is listed as a Myojin Taisha in the Engishiki Jinmyocho.

Harvest festival

Main article: Hōnensai

Hōnensai
File:Hōnen Matsuri 2.JPG Hōnensai at Tagata Shrine in Komaki
Observed by	Japan
Type	Religious
Significance	Celebrates the blessings of a bountiful harvest and all manner of prosperity and fertility
Date	15 March
Next time	15 March 2027 (2027-03-15)

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Hōnensai

Harvest Festival (豊年祭, Hōnensai) is a fertility festival celebrated every year on March 15 at the shrine. Hōnen means prosperous year in Japanese, implying a rich harvest, while a matsuri is a festival. The Hōnen festival and ceremony celebrate the blessings of a bountiful harvest and all manner of prosperity and fertility.

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Tagata Jinja (田縣神社) in Komaki, Tagata, Aichi Prefecture

The venerated Shinto deities are Mitoshi (御歳神, Mitoshi-no-kami) and female deity Tamahime (玉姫命, Tamahime-no-mikoto). Mitoshi is the son of the Shinto male deity Toshigami (年神) or known by local as Ōtoshi (大歳神, Ōtoshi-no-kami) and grandson of the Shinto deity Susanoo. Tamahime is a princess and the daughter of Ō'arata (大荒田命, Ō'arata-no-Mikoto), the matriarch of Owari clan (尾張氏) of her husband Take'inadane (健稲種命, Take'inadane-no-mikoto) who were blessed with two sons and four daughters. After her husband's death, she returned to his hometown Arata (situated close to Komaki), encouraged to cultivate with the help of her father Ō'arata, honor and achieved his achievements..

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the shrine of the Youbutsu (陽物, lit. "the male object") or ō-owase-gata (大男茎形, lit. "the grand Phallus shape/ object")

In Inuyama City, there is another festival Sunday before at Ōagata Shrine. This festival includes floats shaped like a vulva, which complement the phallic-shaped mikoshi used in the festival.

Gallery

• 鳥居
  torii
• 奥宮
  Okumiya
• 願掛け
  wish
• 珍宝窟
  treasure cave
• 神体
  object of worship
• 石柱
  stone pillar
• 珍呆参
  pastry
• 豊年祭
  harvest festival
• 豊年祭
  harvest festival

Access

• About 5 minutes on foot (about 200m) from Tagata-jinja-mae Station on the Meitetsu Komaki Line .

simple:Tagata Shrine

Related pages

• Ōagata Shrine
• Kanamara Matsuri
• Phallic processions
• Tagata-jinja-mae Station

External links

English websites

• http://www.tagatajinja.com/index.html (Japanese; official homepage of Tagata-Jinja)
• Yamasa Institute Tagata Jinja - Hounen Matsuri site (English) Archived 2006-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
• http://farstrider.net/Japan/Festivals/HounenMatsuri/
• Phallus photos and bits of info

Japanese websites

• Official website
• 田縣神社の豊年祭 小牧市
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