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01/05/2013

Ichi no Miya shrines

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Ichi no Miya, Ichinomiya 一の宮 Ichi no Miya shrines
一ノ宮、一の宮、一之宮
sooja 総社 Soja shrines、"combined shrines"

lit. "first shrine". The most prominent shrine in each province.
The shrine usually has a different name too.

. Izumo no Kuni Ichi no Miya 出雲国一之宮 - Kumano Taisha 熊野大社 .


source : www.f-tax.jp/photo
Aichi prefecture, Ichi no Miya town, collecting money 愛知県一宮市

. Masumida Jinja 真清田神社 Ichinomiya city .


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Ichinomiya, (literally first shrine) is a shrine occupying the highest rank among the shrines of a province. A sōja is the shrine established in each province which collectively enshrines all of the deities being worshipped at other shrines within the province.

Sōja was originally a generic term for a "combined shrine" where all the kami within a region were collectively enshrined. Such shrines were established not only by the provincial government but also at temples, shōen (manors), and family residences. However, when discussed alongside ichinomiya, sōja ordinarily refers to a provincial combined shrine.

Both types of shrine emerged during the latter half of the Heian period, and both ichinomiya and sōja occupied central positions among provincial shrines in the late Heian and medieval periods. In the Heian period, provincial governors (kokushi) began a precedent of worshipping at the prominent shrines of their assigned provinces. The kokushi was also responsible for the management of shrines within his province and and for their performance of ritual observances. The kokushi offered heihaku and conducted other ritual procedures as the occasion demanded. Ichinomiya are thought to have originated from the classification and ranking of shrines within a province to facilitate the provincial governor's execution of such ritual duties.

Another theory believes that the provincial governors probably gave official sanction to shrine rankings that had occurred naturally and spontaneously within each province, rather than having taken the initiative to establish such rankings themselves. In any case, the classification of ichinomiya followed by ninomiya 二の宮 (second shrine) and sannomiya 三の宮 (third shrine) functioned as a quasi-official ranking of shrines. This ranking did not always remain fixed; in some cases, fluctuations in the relative power of shrines resulted in shifts in their ranking.

The first mention of sōja in the historical record is the reference to Inaba sōja in the entry for the 15th day of the second month of 1099 in the Tokinoriki (The Diary of Taira-no-Tokinori, also called the Jihanki). According to "Records of Hakusan" (Hakusan-no-ki), the sōja of Kaga province was first established by the Kaga provincial governor who enshrined the kami of the province's main shrines in one place to ease the labor of traveling to worship at the province's various shrines. Although this labor-saving notion is also said to have accounted for the foundation of other sōja, some question whether this is the sole factor.

A sōja could consist of either a new shrine established near or inside the "provincial admininstrative offices" (kokufu) or an existing shrine newly designated as a sōja. In the latter case, the ichinomiya sometimes doubled as the sōja.

The sōja frequently served as the venue for ritual procedures involving the kokuga (the office of the kokushi) such as the ceremony of the installment of a newly appointed governor. Furthermore, the sōja is deeply connected to the province's ichinomiya and other prominent shrines; for example, it became customary to conduct rites at the sōja in advance of worshipping and offering heihaku at the ichinomiya and other shrines.

Based on such characteristics, ichinomiya and sōja are thought to have emerged from the late Heian to medieval periods during the process of establishing the provincial shrine system. Through the kokuga rituals performed there, it is thought that there were intended to serve as the spiritual centers for both the local bureaucrats (zaichō-no-kan-nin) and land-owning class (kokujin).

Unlike the provincial governor, who was dispatched from the Heian capital, the zaichō-no-kan-nin were local residents working as officials in the kokuga, and the kokujin were local landowners. In addition, the latter half of the eleventh century — when ichinomiya and sōja were being formed in the provinces — coincided with the near completion of the "Twenty-Two Shrine System" (Nijūnishasei) in the Kinki region.

Due to this fact, some scholars view ichinomiya, sōja, and the "Twenty-Two Shrines" as having all appeared due to similar trends toward integrating kansha (government shrines).
Note also that sōja (総社) can also written using other characters, such as 惣社 and 奏社.
Moreover, even today, many shrines around Japan bear the name of ichinomiya or sōja. There are also examples where these terms have become toponyms, including Ichinomiya City in Aichi Prefecture, Kazusa-Ichinomiya in Chiba Prefecture, and Sōja City in Okayama Prefecture.
source : Namiki Kazuko, Kokugakuin 2007



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Ichi-no-miya (jap. 一宮, 一の宮, 一之宮, wörtlich: „Erster Schrein“)
bezeichnet die obersten Shintō-Schreine der früheren Provinzen Japans.
Die erste gesicherte Nennung dieses Begriffs Ichi-no-miya in dieser Bedeutung findet sich im Konjaku Monogatarishū aus dem frühen 12. Jahrhundert.
Auflistung:
© More in the German WIKIPEDIA !



When prefectures were established in the Meiji period, the old system of provincial ichinomiya was not changed. Each new prefecture had one or more ichinomiya.
List of shrines :
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Temari uta is a song that Japanese children sing to count while bouncing or catching a small ball ten times, each time saying the name of a deity or famous temple or shrine.

first of all there is Ichi no Miya is the first line.

一番初めは一の宮  ..... ichiban hajime wa Ichi no Miya
二また日光中禅寺
三また佐倉の宗五郎
四また信濃の善光寺
五つは出雲の大社(おおやしろ)
六つは村村鎮守様
七つは成田のお不動さん
八つは八幡の八幡宮
九つ高野の弘法様
十で東京泉岳寺 ..... too de Tookyoo Sengakuji

. temari uta 手毬歌 ball bouncing song  .



. kanpeisha 官幣社 imperial shrines .
Some shrines are the "first shrines" called ichinomiya.


. Mimasaka no Kuni Ichi no Miya 美作国一宮 . Tsuyama town, Okayama
Nakayama Jinja 中山神社


. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .


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. Echigo Ichi no Miya 越後一の宮 - Iyahiko Jinja, Yahiko Jinja 彌彦神社 / 弥彦神社 .




越後一の宮豪快に杉花粉
Echigo Ichi no Miya gookai ni sugi kafun

Echigo
Ichi no Miya shrine - tremendous
cedar pollen


Yoshida Mikai 吉田未灰
(1923 - )



降る雪の卍と越後一の宮
furu yuki no manji to Echigo Ichi no Miya

in the falling snow
the swastika 卍 and Echigo
Ichi no Miya shrine


Yamazaki Hisao 山崎ひさを



. Blind women from Echigo and haiku 越後女盲 .

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Kai Ichi no Miya 甲斐一の宮 - Asama Jinja 浅間神社


source : sinnmonn.blogspot.jp

HP of the shrine - Yamanashi 山梨県笛吹市一宮町一ノ宮1684
source : asamajinja.jp


桃の花甲斐一の宮暮れにけり
momo no hana Kai Ichi no Miya kure ni keri

peach blossoms
shrine Kai Ichi no Miya
in evening twilight


Suzuki Shigeko 鈴木しげ子



甲斐一の宮門前の袋掛
Kai Ichi no Miya monzen no fukurokake

shrine Ichi no Miya
in Kai and in front of the gate
bagging fruit


Oonishi Yasuo 大西八洲雄 Onishi Yasuo




. fukurokake 袋掛 "packing fruit in paper bags" .
kigo for all summer
bagging apples, peaches and other fruit into bags to protect them from insects and the summer rain.

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Musashi Ichi no Miya 武蔵一の宮 - Hikawa Jinja 氷川神社
Saitama 埼玉県さいたま市大宮区高鼻町一丁目407番地 / Saitama, Omiya Ward, Takahanacho, 1-407

The city of Omiya 大宮 "great Shrine" is named after this shrine. The access road from the first Torii gate to the shrine is about 2 km long!
And the many buildings in the compound are overwhelming.


..... the shrine was established during the reign of Emperor Kōshō in 473 BC.
The district of Omiya, literally "Great Shrine", derives from the special favor shown by Emperor Meiji, who raised Hikawa above all other shrines in the Kantō region.
Surrounding the shrine is a large park in which there are many cherry blossom trees, a zoo and a museum.
This main shrine has 59 branch shrines in Tokyo and 162 branch shrines in Saitama Prefecture.
As many as 290 daughter shrines exist across Japan, all named "Hikawa". ...
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This shrine is famous for its amulets for ENMUSUBI, finding a good partner or binding and bonding of any kind.


In a special inner garden there are white sacred pebbles. Every morning 20 are selected, wrapped in white pure hemp bags and sold on this day.
The shrine has also a lot of other amulets,
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. enmusubi 縁結び to find a good partner .

. Kawagoe Hikawa Jinja 川越氷川神社 enmusubi .
. Hikawa Jinja 氷川神社 Akasaka 赤坂 Tokyo .


冬杉に月照り武蔵一の宮
fuyu sugi ni tsuki akari Musashi Ichi no Miya

pines in winter and
moonlight on Musashi
Ichi no Miya shrine


. Mizuhara Shūōshi, Shuuooshi 水原秋桜子 Mizuhara Shuoshi .



武蔵一の宮寒明けの串だんご
Musashi Ichi no Miya kan ake no kushi dango

shrine Musashi
Ichi no Miya - end of the cold
and dumplings on skewers


Kawamura Masako 川村正子


. kushidango 串だんご / くし団子 dumplings on skewers .




黒揚羽武蔵総社の相撲かな
kuro ageha Musashi Sooja no sumoo kana

black swallowtail -
sumo wrestling at the shrine
of Musashi


Saitoo Kafuu 斉藤夏風 Saito Kafu



. black swallowtail - sprangle, kuro ageha 黒あげは / 黒揚羽 / 黒鳳蝶 .


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. Higo Ichi no Miya 肥後一の宮 - Aso Jinja 阿蘇神社 .
肥後一の宮春の田を鷭歩き
友岡子郷


. Hitachi Ichi no Miya 常陸一の宮 - Kashima Jinguu 鹿島神宮 Kashima Jingu .
常陸一の宮の神威の雷ぞこれ
村松紅花



. Ise Ichi no Miya 伊勢一の宮 - Ise Jinguu 伊勢神宮 Ise Jingu .
神々の伊勢一の宮お元日
松崎鉄之介



. Oyamato Ichi no Miya 大和一の宮 - Ooyamato Jinja 大和神社 Oyamato Jinja . Nara
大和一の宮三輪明神の屠蘇給ぶ
安住 敦


. Shinano Ichi no Miya 信濃一の宮 - Suwa Taisha 諏訪大社 . Nagano
初詣諏訪は信濃の一の宮
西本一都



. Yamashiro Ichi no Miya 山城一の宮 - Kamo Mionya Jinja 賀茂御祖神社 .
Kyoto, Shimogamo

破魔矢受く山城の国一の宮
hamaya uke Yamashiro no kuni Ichi no Miya

getting my New Year's arrow
at Yamashiro Province shrine
Ichi no Miya


Gotoo Hinao 後藤比奈夫

. Hamaya, 破魔矢, arrow for the New Year .

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Hokudan Ichi no Miya 北淡の一の宮 - Awaji Ichi no Miya 淡路一ノ宮 - Isanagi Jingu いざなぎじんぐう
Hyogo 兵庫県津名郡一宮町多賀740 

北淡の一の宮より旅始め
廣渡秀子



Iyo Ichi no Miya 伊予国一の宮 - Ooyamatsumi Jinja 大山祇神社 Oyamatsumi Jinja
Ehime, Imabara, Omishima Island 愛媛県今治市大三島町宮浦
早苗田に網張る伊予の一の宮
阿波谷和子

. hitorizumoo  一人相撲 / 一人角力 Hitori Sumo - one-man sumo .
at Oyatsumi Shrine




Mino Ichi no Miya 美濃一の宮 - Nanguu Taisha  南宮大社 Nangu Taisha
Gifu 岐阜県不破郡垂井町宮代
槻の根の泉や美濃の一の宮
鈴木しげ子

. Nanguu Taisha  南宮大社 Nangu Taisha, Nanu Grand Shrine .



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一の宮の大日だまりや七五三
山崎房子

初乗の単線一の宮詣
高橋香帆

大いなる椎の若葉の一の宮
梁取久子


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San no Miya, Sannomiya 三の宮 San no Miya shrines




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紅梅や女三の宮の立ち姿
koobai ya Onna San no miya no tachisugata

red plum blossoms -
the standing figure of
Onna Sannomiya


. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 .


Here it is the name of a beautiful lady. Onna Sannomiya 女三宮, the legal wife of Hikaru Genji.


source : hama/gallery/kaiga-yousai
painting by Yoosai Nobukazu 楊斎延一

. WKD : Genji Monogatari  源氏物語 .


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06/04/2013

Inu Jinja - dog shrines

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Inu Jinja, Inu-jinja 犬神社 / 伊奴神社 / イヌ神社 dog shrines

aiken jinja 愛犬神社 Shrine for the beloved dog
wanchan jinja わんちゃん神社 Shrine for the beloved doggie


There are many shrines in Japan with this name, for example in

Nagoya
Shizuoka

. Inu 戌 / 犬 Dog Amulets .

. Daruma Papermachee Dogs 戌年の張子 .

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Nagoya - Inu Jinja 伊奴神社









source : ryushi/inujinja

The shrine dates back to the year 673, when rice harvested in the region was given as offering to the Emperor Tenmu Tenno 天武天皇 in a ritual called Engishiki 延喜式.
So its history is now more than 1330 years old.

Once upon a time
there was a severe flooding in the region. The farmers asked a Yamabushi priest for help. The priest made a ritual wand (gohei御幣), placed it near the river and held a prayer session. In this year, there was no flooding and the farmers harvested a rich crop.
When the curious farmers opened the ritual wand, they found pictures of four dogs and the words "king of the dogs" Inu no O 犬の王" written on paper.
But because they had been so curious and opened the wand, the spell was lost and flooding occured again.
The mountain priest now told them: "Take the broken wand, bury it in the ground and build a shrine on this place."
Since then, flooding finally eased in this region.




The deity Inuhime no Kami 伊奴姫神 is only worshipped in this shrine.
Since a dog gives an easy birth, a pregnant woman has to come to this shrine on the day of the dog in the fifth month of her pregnancy and get a special white maternity band for her stomach (iwataobi, iwata obi 岩田帯) .
Some women by that band at the shrine, others buy it in a shop and bring it here for a special purification ritual before using it.


(The word iwata derived from yuhada 結肌帯 /斎肌帯.)




Calendar for 2013 with the "Dog Days" -戌の日カレンダー
Each month has two or three of these special days.

Inuhime no Kami is also helping women in getting pregnant.
And after a baby is born, it is presented to the deity with a special thanks ritual.
source : inu-jinjya.or.jp





amulet for an easy birth


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Inu jinja shrine is dedicated to three deities. Susano-no-mikoto 素盞嗚尊, the main deity of the shrine, is associated with safety at home and also for repelling bad luck and unhappiness. The second deity of the shrine, Otoshi-no-kami 大年神 , is famous as the god of business and is also worshipped as the god of agriculture.

The third deity, Inuhime-no-kami, is associated with safe delivery during childbirth and also for good health of children. It is said that in the year 673 Emperor Temmu came and harvested rice in the area surrounding the shrine.
It is believed that the shrine came into existence around that time. It is also believed to be the origin of the name of the area ‘Ino-cho’. Since the name of the shrine is Inu jinja, this shrine is very famous amongst people having dogs as pets or dog lovers. This is because the Japanese word for dog is ‘inu’. However, it is just the phonetic pronunciation of ‘inu’ that is similar, and actually the kanji character for dog is different than that of this shrine.

To the right hand side of the main altar, there is another building named emaden 絵馬殿. ... Common wishes are for success in work or in exams, marital bliss, to have children, and health.
People born in the year of the dog、戌年生まれ come here to pray.




A stone-carved guardian dog named inu-no-sekizoo 犬の石像 is displayed in front of the main altar of the shrine. This guardian dog is associated with safe delivery during childbirth.

More photos :
source : creative.sulekha.com


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Shizuoka - Reiken Jinja 霊犬神社
Shizuoka, Iwata town 静岡県磐田市, Mitsuke 見付(静岡県)




wanchan jinja わんちゃん神社 Wanchan Dog Shrine
wanchan is the Japanese equivalent of doggie, the beloved pet dog.





This shrine is located at the back of Mitsuke Tenjin 見付天神 at
Yanahime Jinja 矢奈比売神社


霊犬早太郎伝説 The legend of the spiritual dog Hayataro
and his relation to Yanahime Jinja.
. Koozenji 光前寺 Kozen-Ji - Nagano .

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Inu Mikuji 犬みくじ






Inu Omamori お守り, even with Dog's Paws
source : amorecane.exblog.jp




The dog venerated at this small shrine is
Shippei Taroo しっぺい太郎 / 悉平太郎.
It is the only dog venerated as a deity in Japan.
source : daturyok/sizu/mituke







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Mitsuketenjin Hadakamatsuri
This is the grand festival of Yanahime Shrine (Mitsuketenjinsha) held on the Saturday and Sunday right before August 10 of the Lunar Calendar, and is called Hadakamatsuri (naked festival)" because men wearing a Japanese loincloth (called fundoshi) with a straw raincoat on around their waists dance wildly in the hall of worship of Yanahime Shrine and various sites of Mitsuke.
28 groups make four teams, walking around the town barely naked to the shrine. They wage a fierce battle dance called "Oni-odori 鬼踊り" (devil's dance), screaming "Oisho! Oisho!".
The festival is held when the enshrined deity of Yanahime Shrine passes to Omi Kunitama Shrine, the Sosha of Totomi-no Kuni. Since the festival retains its ancient ritual condition, it was designated as a state important intangible folk cultural property on December 27, 2000.
source : bunkashisan.ne.jp


. WKD - Naked Festivals (hadaka matsuri 裸祭り) .



. Mitsuke-juku 見附宿 - Nr. 28 of the Tokaido Road 東海道 .

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Kuroinu Jinja 黒犬神社 "Black Dog Shrine"
Fujieda Town 藤枝市
source : daturyok/sizu sonota1


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Kuroinu Shrine in Kiganji Temple
enshrines the ledendary undefeated sacred black dog named Kuro which is said to have been one of the wolves sent from Harunosan Daikoji (Kiganji started as a shugendo(Buddhism-Shinto hybrid) temple in 8th century so the temple also had shrines).



About 200 years ago when Tanaka castle was ruled by Honda clans, the lord of Tanaka castle challenged Kuro against his white dog. Kuro defeated the lord's dog but that angered the lord and he ordered his men to behead the black dog.

Kuro outran the pursuers but he was finally cornered at the old well of the temple. He had to throw himself into the well. Then with eery shrieks, the sky darkened with black clouds and came thousands of wolves from Harunosan. Lord of Tanaka castle then felt ashamed of what he has done to the sacred dog and made a shrine to appease the dog's soul.

Today the figure of Kuro is surrounded by the figurines of cute doggies including those of Peanut's Snoopy donated from the visitors all over Japan. People who visit the shrine pray for winning the games, and for his/her pet's health.
source : members.virtualtourist.com



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Inuyama Jinja 犬山神社
愛知県犬山市大字犬山字北古券12


source : trip.hiwadasan.com

During the Edo period, Inuyama was a sub-domain of the Owari Domain, entrusted to senior retainers of the Nagoya-branch of the Tokugawa clan.

The shrine was located in the south of the castle of Inuyama 犬山城.
The first lord of the castle and his Naruse clan 成瀬氏 are venerated here.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !


. Folk Toys from Aichi / Inuyama .


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. WKD : Dogs and Haiku .


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. Inu お守り - 戌 / 犬 Dog Amulets .

. Daruma Papermachee Dogs 戌年の張子 .


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05/04/2013

Kobayashi Issa visiting

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Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 
(June 15, 1763 - January 5, 1828)



He visited many shrines and temples and wrote haiku including their names or about the situation he encuontered there.


. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo - Introduction .

I will try and list them here.

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. Kasuga Taisha 春日大社 Great Kasuga Shrine . Nara

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shrine and temple - miya to tera




. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .


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. Chion-In 知恩院 / 智恩院 Temple in Kyoto .


. Jizo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) 地蔵菩薩 .


. Oojooji 往生寺 Ojo-Ji .

. Saimyooji 最明寺 Saimyoji .
Kazahaya, Hojo City, Iyo no Kuni, Shikoku

. shichi daiji 七大寺 the seven large temples of Nara .


. Zenkooji 善光寺 Zenko-Ji, Zenkoji . Nagano


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. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

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15/03/2013

Ina Jinja

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Ina Jinja 伊奈神社  

Gotemba 御殿場, Kanagawa. Former Odawara domain.




The shrine is in honor of
Ina Hanzaemon Tadanobu 伊奈半左衛門忠順


After the great earthquake in November 1707, only 49 days later, there was a huge eruption of Mount Fuji which devastated a huge area around Gotemba, the lava gravel flying even up to the town of Edo.

In the village of Subashiri 須走 more than 3.50 meters of lava gravel, cinder, ash and scoria covered the earth.
Homes and forests burned down, the fields were lost under the ashes.

The Bakufu government in Edo collected extra tax contributions for the reconstruction of the region, but a lot of that money went into other channels - building new quarters in the Harem of Edo Castle (Ooku 大奥), entertaining a delegation from Korea and so on.



Hanzaemon was appointed Magistrate of the Reconstruction, but got only a very small portion of all that money.

He hired the local farmers for hard labour and payed them a small fee to survive.

After clearing the rivers, they all helped out to remove the lava gravel from the fields.
Just shoveling to the side would not do, since huge piles of lava on the four sides were hindering the normal field work and reduced the open space drastically.
So they began to "turn the earth upside down", (tenchigaeshi 天地返し . turning heaven and earth upside down), a kind of very deep ploughing.
After first digging a huge deep hole, they moved part of the nearby lava gravel into the hole, covering the last 70 cm with fresh earth appearing below the lava.
The new hole was first filled with lava, then covered with the dug-up earth.
And so on digging holes side by side. . . to be seen to our day in a museum part.

To feed the starving farmers after more than two years of hardship and not much support from the Bakufu government, Hanzaemon finally decided to open the rice storage of the Bakufu and distributed the food to the poor.
To pay for this "crime", he had to commit seppuku suicide, or so the legend tells us.

The villagers built the first small shrine to honor him in 1867.

The children of Subashiri village perform a simple drama at the local school to our day, recalling the hardships of their ancestors and helping hand of Hanzaemon.
- Reference : NHK Historia -

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This shrine was first build in 1867.



Statue of Hanzaemon at Ina shrine .
It was moved here from Gotenba in 1989, made by 堤達男氏.

The main festival of the shrine is in Spring and Autumn.
source : kansubasiri/inajinja.htm


Ina Hanzaemon had been working for the Edo Bakufu government,
supervising the building of the Eitai Bridge in 1698 永代橋.
the land reclaiming efforts around Fukagawa in 1700 深川埋め立て
building a dam in Edo Honjo in 1704 江戸本所堤防
waterway regulation of the Asakusa River in 1705 浅草川治水

When Mount Fuji erupted he was maybe the only person with such a wide range of experience and was sent to the region as a bugyoo 奉行 magistrate.

sunayoke kawazarai bugyoo 砂除川浚奉行 magistrate to clean the rivers.
to get the vulcanic debris out of the riverbed before the rainy season started and overflowing would threaten the land beyond. Cleaning a riverbed was followed by strengthening the dams and river banks to avoid flooding.
In the region, more than 60 villages had already been given up by the local government and the villagers had to fight for themselves to survive in the rubble.

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Mount Fuji - Hōei eruption 宝永
The latest eruption, in 1707 (the 4th year of the Hōei era), was known as the great Hōei eruption. It followed several weeks after the Great Hōei earthquake:

November 11, 1707 (Hōei 4, 14th day of the 10th month):
The city of Osaka suffers tremendously because of a very violent earthquake.

December 16, 1707 (Hōei 4, 23nd day of the 11th month):
An eruption of Mt. Fuji; the cinders and ash fell like rain in Izu, Kai, Sagami, and Musashi. This eruption was remarkable in that it spread a vast amount of volcanic ash and scoria over a region as far away as Edo.


Hoei-crater of Mount Fuji

Records of eruption
Sixteen eruptions of New Fuji have been recorded since 781. Many of the eruptions occurred in the Heian era, with twelve eruptions between 800 and 1083. Sometimes inactive periods between eruptions lasted for hundreds of years, as in the period between 1083 and 1511, when no eruptions were recorded for over 400 years. At present, there have been no eruptions since the Hoei eruption in 1707-1708, around 300 years ago.

Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami much attention was given to the volcanic reaction of Mt. Fuji. Experts have found that the internal pressure of the Mt. Fuji Lava Chamber has increased to 1.6 megapascals.
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. Japan after the BIG earthquake - March 11, 2011 .

tenchigaeshi - maybe a method to cope with the salty fields in the Tohoku region after the huge tsunami?


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. Kaido 街道 The Highways of Japan .

. Akayama Kaido 赤山街道 Akayama Highway "Red Mountain" .

To promote the development of the Kanto region, Ina Hanzaemon built three roads to distribute material and people.
1 大宮道 Omiya Michi
2 越谷道 Koshigaya Michi
3 千住道 Senju Michi
Extensive reference with many photos :
- reference : kaidouarukitabi.com ... -

- reference : fanblogs.jp/shirononagori... -

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