Hasshinden

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The Hasshinden (八神殿) was the first shrine of the Engishiki Jinmyōchō. It was located in the western hall of the Department of Divinities.

Its name literally means Hall of eight deities. This is because it has eight subshrines [en] for eight gods.

These are the eight gods of the shrine:

The first five gods of the Hasshinden are Musubi gods. They have the word Musubi in them which means cosmic creation.

The Hasshinden and the Ikasuri no Kami Shrine [ja; zh] were both very important large shrines of multiple gods in the Department of Divinities. But the Hasshinden was seen as cosmically important and Ikasuri protected only the building.

History

The Hasshinden was the most important Shinto Shrine in all of Japan for a long time. So many people fought over it.

In the medieval period the Shirakawa clan [ja] controlled it. It was central to the Jingikandai, or the reduced Department of Divinities that existed in Medieval Japan.

It was destroyed in the Ōnin War (1467-1477). Then during the Edo period the Shirakawa clan [ja] and Yoshida family both made their own Hasshindens. Each family said their one was the real one. The Yoshida family made theirs in Yoshida Shrine and the Shirakawa clan [ja] made it in their mansion.

During the Meiji Restoration both Hasshindens became part of the Three Palace Sanctuaries [en].

References

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