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Kakinomoto Shrine (Akashi)
Kakinomoto Shrine (柿本神社 ''Kakinomoto-jinja'') is a Shinto shrine in Akashi, Hyōgo. It is also referred to as Hitomaru-san. The shrine's principal deity is Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, a historical figure who is reputed to have passed through the Akashi area during his life, and who was deified in the centuries following his death, as a god of literature, scholarship, fire safety, and childbirth. According to tradition, the shrine was founded in 887 by the monk Kakushō, in the grounds of the Gesshō-ji temple. It moved to its current location to accommodate the construction of Akashi Castle. Enshrined deities The shrine's principal deity is Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, a god of ''waka (poetry), waka'' poetry and, by extension, scholarship and literature, but also, by way of a pair of puns on his name, fire safety (火止まる ''hi-tomaru'' = "fire stop") and childbirth (人生る ''hito-umaru'' = "person is born") According to tradition, Hitomaro passed through the Akashi area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakinomoto No Hitomaro
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本 人麻呂 or 柿本 人麿; – ) was a Japanese ''waka'' poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period. He was the most prominent of the poets included in the ''Man'yōshū'', the oldest ''waka'' anthology, but apart from what can be gleaned from hints in the ''Man'yōshū'', the details of his life are largely uncertain. He was born to the Kakinomoto clan, based in Yamato Province, probably in the 650s, and likely died in Iwami Province around 709. He served as court poet to Empress Jitō, creating many works praising the imperial family, and is best remembered for his elegies for various imperial princes. He also composed well-regarded travel poems. He is ranked as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Ōtomo no Yakamochi, the presumed compiler of the ''Man'yōshū'', and Ki no Tsurayuki, the principal compiler of the ''Kokin Wakashū'', praised Hitomaro as ''Sanshi no Mon'' (山柿の門) and ''Uta no Hijiri'' (歌の聖) respectively. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
