these shrines; other important Hachiman shrines are Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū, Hakozaki-gū and Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū. Hachiman's mon (emblem) is a mitsudomoe...

now stands. Like other Hachiman shrines, until 1868 Iwashimizu was actually a shrine-temple complex (jingū-ji) called Iwashimizu Hachimangū-ji (石清水八幡宮寺)...

network. Usa Hachiman-gū is the network's head shrine together with Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū. However, Hakozaki Shrine and Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū are historically...

names Hachiman, Yawata or Yahata grew around these shrines. The following four shrines are often grouped into groups of three, either as Usa-Iwashimizu-Hakozaki...

Kotonomama Hachiman-gū (事任八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two shrines claiming the title...

total area of the city is 24.35 square kilometres (9.40 sq mi). The Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū is located in Yawata. Yawata is located in southern Kyoto Prefecture...

branch of Iwashimizu Shrine in Zaimokuza where tiny Moto Hachiman now stands and dedicated to the Emperor Ōjin, (deified with the name Hachiman, tutelary...

imperial court and at important Shinto shrines: Kamo-jinja and Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū. It consists of welcoming, entertaining and greeting the deities...

to become just shrines, among them famous ones like Usa Hachiman-gū and Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū. Because mixing the two religions was now forbidden, jingūji...

The earliest example of a kairō/rōmon complex can be found at Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū, a shrine now but a former shrine-temple (神宮寺). The rōmon is believed...