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Ōyamato Shrine

Coordinates: 34°34′15″N 135°50′15″E / 34.57083°N 135.83750°E / 34.57083; 135.83750
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Ōyamato Shrine
大和神社
The Haiden, or main prayer hall.
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityYamato Okunitama, Ōkuninushi, Toshigami
Location
Location306 Hoshiyama, Shinsencho, Tenri, Nara
Ōyamato Shrine is located in Japan
Ōyamato Shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates34°34′15″N 135°50′15″E / 34.57083°N 135.83750°E / 34.57083; 135.83750
Website
www5.plala.or.jp/ooyamato/
Glossary of Shinto

Ōyamato Shrine (大和神社, Ōyamato Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tenri, Nara in Japan. It worships Yamato Okunitama

Monument of Japanese battleship Yamato in Ōyamato Shrine

The royal family started supporting the shrine in the Heian period.[1] In 965, Emperor Murakami had a messenger go to the shrine to report things to the god.[2]

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References

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  1. Grapard, Allan G. (2000). "Chaper 5. The economics of ritual power. The twenty-two shrines system". In Breen, John; Teeuwen, Mark (eds.). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 74–75. ISBN 9780824823634.
  2. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1962). Studies in Shintō and shrines : papers selected from the works of R.A.B. Ponsonby-Fane. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. pp. 116–117. OCLC 3994492.