Rikyuhachimangu - Otokuni District

It is a shrine that is not so wide nowadays, but this is due to the shrine being cut down by the construction of the Tokaido main line, originally from the Emperor's imperial order in 859 C.E., Buzen country (current Oita prefecture) Usa Hachimangu Shrine It is a shrine that was built to welcome the god from Japan, and that it had considerable power. It is said to be the former shrine of Ishimizu Mizuhachimangu, one of Japan's three major Hachimangu shrines, located in Otokoyama on the other side of the river. In particular, the business of producing and selling perilla oil developed as a god lamp has given local Oyamazaki the power to form a kind of autonomous region that does not allow the intervention of political forces in each era. . There is a statue of Yuzo on the grounds. The explanations in this area are displayed in great detail at the Oyamazaki History Museum, so we recommend that you visit as a set.

859 founded I came to Yamazaki from Usa Hachimangu. Autonomy was recognized until the beginning of the Meiji era. Somon and East Gate are cultural properties designated by Osaki Town. There is Sugawara no Michizane's stool stone. Oil dealer Yamazaki Ko is offering oil for his son. Free parking available. There is a mini handmade market on the 10th of every month. (There is also Yamazaki Tochi nearby)

The former shrine of Iwashimizu Hachimangu on the opposite bank of the Yodo River. It is about 40 meters straight from JR Yamazaki Station. In the first year of Jōgan (859), Emperor Seiwa decided to depart from Usa Jingu for national security and to serve as the guardian deity of Heiankyo. At (the base port of Yodogawa Water Transport at that time), I saw the spiritual light on Mt. It seems that it was done. After that, the company name was changed to Rikyu Hachimangu because it was the site of the palace "Kaya Rikyu" of Emperor Saga, one of the "three brushes". It is regarded as the "birthplace of oil refinery" in Japan because it invented (an oil squeezer that applies a lever) and the production of perilla oil began, and the sales right of perilla oil was temporarily monopolized under the system of "Oyamazaki Yuza". As a result, during the Azuchi Momoyama-Edo period, he set up a magnificent shrine called "Nishi no Nikko" and was extremely prosperous. However, because the Choshu Domain was located in Yamazaki at the end of the Edo period, the Choshu Domain was destroyed by fire along with many merchant houses (the current shrine was rebuilt in the early Showa period). Furthermore, in 1871 (Meiji 4), the north side of the precincts was devoted to the railway business by national policy, and it became the current reduced precincts. Even so, even today, as the "birthplace of oil refinery", the names of major Japanese oil companies such as Japan Oil Mill, Kaneda, Yoshihara Oil Mill, Showa Sangyo, Toyonen Oil Mill, Ajinomoto, and Nippon Oil & Fat Co.

One minute from the ticket gate at JR Yamazaki Station, there is the famous Rikyu Hachimangu Shrine, which enshrines the god of oil. Indeed, if you look at the signboard, you can see that all the people in the Japanese oil industry are visiting. It seems that the scale was large until the JR Tokaido Main Line opened (see the picture). When I entered the side of the worship hall, Iwashimizu, who is said to have drained water when digging, and Sugawara no Michizane were washed away in Kyushu. The stool Tenjin, which is said to have taken a rest on this Saigoku Kaido, is housed in a narrow precinct. Selling oil is now taken to mean "to skip work by talking wastefully" because oil merchants take a long time to sell and talk about small things during that time. State of emergency lifted, It's about this time that peace has returned a little, as people might say, "Where are you selling oil?"

I visited on June 29, 2009. The main deity of "Rikyu Hachimangu" is Emperor Ojin. It was founded in the first year of Jōgan (859) from Usa Hachimangu (Usa City, Oita Prefecture) as a spirit of the gods. Later, the shrine was enshrined as a shrine that prays for national security and national peace, as it also devoted Hachiman God to Otokoyama (currently Ishishimizu Hachimangu) on the opposite bank of the Yodo River and protects the gateway to the capital of Kyoto. Since this is the land of Emperor Saga's Rikyu, it is now called "Rikyu Hachimangu". According to the shrine, during the Heian period, the priest of "Rikyu Hachimangu" invented a tool called "Nagagi" to squeeze oil, and took oil from the seeds of perilla (a plant similar to green perilla) to light the shrine. used. This is said to be the beginning of Japanese essential oils. The "Jinin" of "Rikyu Hachimangu" exclusively produced oil and sold it to various places such as courts and shrines and temples nationwide, and became extremely prosperous. There is a stone on the grounds of Sugawara no Michizane, which is said to be a power spot for academic achievement. I received a red stamp. You can also get the red stamp of "Sakatoke Shrine" near the summit of Mt. Tenno. I felt that it was a shrine with an interesting history.

One of the Tamadeyorimatsuri brewing gods theory companies listed in the section of Yamashiro Kuni Otokuni-gun in the Enki-shiki Shinmeicho. In the Meiji era, the shrine on Mt. Now that we manage the Sake Kai Shrine, we should be able to get the red stamp. Located near Yamazaki Station on the JR Kyoto Line and Oyamazaki Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line. According to the company's biography, Iwashimizu Hachimangu was built in the first year of Jōgan (859) when Emperor Seiwa separated Hachiman Daijin from Usa Jingu. At the direction of the court, Yoshiki Tachibana built the shrine at the present location. Therefore, we are said to be the former company of Iwashimizu Hachimangu. Although it is unconfirmed, it seems that we also have a lantern carved with Iwashimizu Hachimangu. I wrote it at Iwashimizu Hachimangu before, but it seems unconvincing that the first Iwashimizu Hachimangu was built on the ground of Rikyu Hachimangu and then moved to its current location one year later. I don't know why I needed to do that. Rather, Iwashimizu Hachimangu may have been in its current location from the beginning. Yamazaki, where this Rikyu Hachimangu is located, is now known for having a factory that makes good sake using good water, but in the olden days, an organization called Oyamazaki Oil Shinjin, who was in charge of producing and selling sesame oil. was there. This group had the right to freely pass through the barriers of each country, buy up sesame exclusively, and sell it all at once because it could handle the oil offered to Iwashimizu Hachimangu. This group was a republican group and had a strong political power and continued until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. The connection between this group and Iwashimizu Hachimangu is a Shinto ritual called the Hinotosai, which is held on April 3, and worships at Iwashimizu Hachimangu on the other side of the river. Probably, I think that the story that our company is the origin of Iwashimizu Hachimangu was born because Oyamazaki Yujinjin has increased its power by promoting the relationship with Iwashimizu Hachimangu. The detached palace is due to the fact that it was the site of Emperor Saga's detached palace, "Kayarikyu". It is difficult for the Oyamazaki oil gods to go to Iwashimizu Hachimangu on the opposite side of the river, so there was a shrine dedicated to Hachimangu, and was it the current Rikyu Hachimangu? Or was there a Tamadeyorimatsuri god of sake that is now enshrined on Mt. Tenno? When I visited the factory in Oyamazaki, Suntory, I saw the abundant water that springs up, and I thought it was no wonder that there was a Shikinai shrine dedicated to the god of sake. In addition, although the god of sake is called liquor, it is not originally a god of liquor.