Iwa Shrine - 99 衣川区石神 Oshu

It is a historical shrine.

It felt much better than when I came before ♪ The lantern was also tightly surrounded and the surroundings were very beautiful. Thank you to the people who manage it.

It is quiet and calm in the countryside, and the atmosphere is good, but the expression of the guardian dog is impressive. I took a picture because I was so charming.

When I went to Miyagi on a business trip, I wanted to go to this shrine, so I visited by long-distance drive from Sendai. At that time, I read a lot of books related to shrines and myths, and I was strongly influenced by it, and even dreamed of a dream to visit here in advance. I couldn't help but go. When I put my hands together in the worship hall, I was surprised by the strong wind. It may be a coincidence, but did God welcome me in Noh weather? I was happy to visit you. Arahabaki is the deity of the shrine at this shrine. Nagamikohiko, who was persecuted by Yamato and was persecuted by Yamato (also seems to have been his older brother, Asahihiko), fled to the Tohoku region, worshiped Arahabaki, and was worshiped as it was. There seems to be a legend called Tari. I am attracted to such legends. The surroundings of the shrine are very quiet and the rice fields spread out, and the company was in such a place. The megalithic stones behind the shrine are powerful.

It sits with a pot in the middle of the rice field. There is no main shrine, but instead the huge rock behind the shrine is worshiped as a body. The company name comes from here.

There is Iwanza in the rice field. Otomeishi Myojin. From the Jomon period? Is it from the Ezo period? According to history, Abe worshiped as Arahabaki Ogami. This seems to be a man stone. There is Meishi Shrine nearby.

There is a shrine in the rice field, but it is an old shrine that was on the Engi ceremony. Originally it was a Banza without a shrine. Mr. Abe Tohoku still lives in the immediate vicinity. Mr. Abe has been celebrating this as an Arahabaki god.

Shikinaisha listed in the section of Mutsu Kuni Isawa-gun in the Enki-shiki Shinmeicho. This shrine is located in the middle of the rice field, and there is a huge Banza behind the hall of worship. There is no main shrine, only the worship hall, and the worship hall was built for the first time in the Meiji era, so it was originally a Shikinai shrine with only Banza. Iwa Shrine in Sanda City is also quite good, but this Iwa-za is also excellent. I think it's a precious shrine that conveys ancient rituals, but it's strange that little is known about it. Chusonji Temple and Motsuji Temple are located in Esashi, Iwate, and were the home of the Fujiwara family in Oshu. Even older, where Mr Abe was based. Chuson-ji is located on the line of 39 degrees 0 minutes north latitude, but there is an area controlled by the Oku Rokugun family called Oku Rokugun on the line of 40 degrees north latitude. There are many villas of the imperial court such as the Fujiwara Sekiya to the south of 39 degrees north latitude, but it seems that 39 degrees or more was out of the control of the imperial court. Nevertheless, it was an economically prosperous place because it produced minerals such as gold and was semi-independent from the imperial court. Our company is a Shikinai company located between the Minamimata and Kitamata rivers in the northeast of Hiraizumi, and there is no theory. This time, I visited the inland areas of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, but we wanted to visit the shrine first. To summarize the contents of the information board in the precincts, (1) This shrine is also called Otokoishi Daimyojin, and is a Yin-Yang Futagami along with Onnaishi Shrine in the precincts of Matsuyama Temple. (2) Our company enshrines Takeru Nihon, and Onnaishi Shrine enshrines Princess Inaba. (I'm not sure about Inaba Himemei, but I wonder if it's Kaya-no-hime.) ③ The Shintai is a natural stone 10.2m east-west, 8.8m north-south, and 4.2m high. ④ From ancient times, there was no worship hall as well as the main shrine, but the worship hall was built around 1890. ⑤ There is an Abeta building near our company, and Mr. Abe revered our company as an Arahabaki god. There is a huge stone of the Shintai behind the hall of worship, but it is so big that it seems to stand out in the rice fields even without the shrine. It is said that Mr. Abe called himself a descendant of Nagashihiko's older brother, Abehiko. And the god of Arashin is also considered to be the god of Ezo. There is Arahabaki Shrine on the outside of the wall in the direction of the demon gate of the Taga Castle ruins, but that may be the idea of ​​controlling Ezo with Ezo, or it may be positioned as a gate guest shrine. In any case, it is very interesting that Mr. Abe called this rock a descendant of Nagashihiko's older brother and enshrined this rock as the spirit of Arashinbakujin, the god of Ezo.