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A Hachiman shrine (八幡神社, Hachiman Jinja) or Hachimangū (八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the kami Hachiman.^[1] It is the second most numerous type of Shinto shrine after those dedicated to Inari Ōkami (see Inari shrine).^[1] There are about 44,000 Hachiman shrines

In Japanese religion, Hachiman (八幡神) also known by the older reading of the same characters Yahata (八幡神) is the syncretic divinity [en] of archery and war,^[2]^[3]^[4] incorporating elements from both Shinto and Buddhism.^[5]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Motegi, Sadazumi. "Shamei Bunpu (Shrine Names and Distributions)" (in Japanese). Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
↑ Kanda, Christine Guth (1 July 1985). Shinzō: Hachiman Imagery and Its Development. Harvard East Asian Monographs. Vol. 119 (1st ed.). Harvard University Asia Center, Harvard University. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1tg5jkx.
↑ Law, Jane Marie (1994). "Violence, Ritual Reenactment, and Ideology: The "Hōjō-e" (Rite for Release of Sentient Beings) of the USA Hachiman Shrine in Japan". History of Religions. 33 (4): 325–357. ISSN 0018-2710.
↑ "Hachiman & Hachimangū Shrines". It was only later, sometime in the 9th century, that the deity became associated with Emperor Ōjin, and later still that Hachiman became worshipped as the god of archery and war, ultimately becoming the tutelary deity of the Minamoto clan and its famed warrior Minamoto Yoritomo 源頼朝 (1147–99), founder of the Kamakura shogunate
↑ Scheid, Bernhard. "Hachiman Shreine" (in German). University of Vienna. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

[bunpu-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Motegi, Sadazumi. "Shamei Bunpu (Shrine Names and Distributions)" (in Japanese). Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

[2] Kanda, Christine Guth (1 July 1985). Shinzō: Hachiman Imagery and Its Development. Harvard East Asian Monographs. Vol. 119 (1st ed.). Harvard University Asia Center, Harvard University. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1tg5jkx.

[3] Law, Jane Marie (1994). "Violence, Ritual Reenactment, and Ideology: The "Hōjō-e" (Rite for Release of Sentient Beings) of the USA Hachiman Shrine in Japan". History of Religions. 33 (4): 325–357. ISSN 0018-2710.

[4] "Hachiman & Hachimangū Shrines". It was only later, sometime in the 9th century, that the deity became associated with Emperor Ōjin, and later still that Hachiman became worshipped as the god of archery and war, ultimately becoming the tutelary deity of the Minamoto clan and its famed warrior Minamoto Yoritomo 源頼朝 (1147–99), founder of the Kamakura shogunate

[scheid2-5] Scheid, Bernhard. "Hachiman Shreine" (in German). University of Vienna. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

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