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The was a
Shinto shrine
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located in the Ōdara neighbourhood of what is now
Naka-ku in the city of
Okayama
is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...
, in the
San'yō region
The San'yō Region (山陽地方 ''San'yō-chihō'') is an area in the south of Honshū, the main island of Japan. It consists of the southern part of the Chūgoku region, facing the Seto Inland Sea. The name ''San'yō'' means "southern, sunny ( ...
of
Japan
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. The shrine no longer exists, but its ruins were designated as a
National Historic Site in 1927.
History
In 1666,
Ikeda Mitsumasa
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, the ''daimyō'' of the Okayama Domain, ordered a survey of all
Shinto shrine
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s in his territory, and granted official charters to 601 shrines dedicated to various ''Ubusunagami.'' The remaining 10,524 shrines were all abolished, and their ''shintai'' were collected into 71 newly established. "Yosemiya" shrines (literals "collective shrines") located at each local magistrate's office. In 1712,
Ikeda Tsunemasa, the next ''daimyō'', expanded the precincts of Kugunochi Shrine in Ōdara Village and then merged 66 of the 71 ''Yosemiya'' together into the enlarged shrine. The Ōdara Yosemiya was maintained by the
Ikeda clan
was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021) of the Seiwa Genji. Minamoto no Yasumasa, the fourth generation descending from Yorimitsu, and younger brother of Minamoto no Yorimasa (1104-1180), was the first to ...
to the end of the
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
, but quickly fell into disrepair after the
abolition of the han system
The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period. Under the reform, all daimyos (, ''daimyō'', feudal lords) ...
and was merged with nearby Fuse Shrine in 1875. At present, the site is in ruins with fragments of stone ''
torii
A is a traditional culture of Japan, Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred, and a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to ...
'' gates and the foundations of the former shrine structures. It was designated as a national historic site in 1927 as a symbol of the unique religious policy of the Okayama Domain.
The Ōdara Yosemiya ruins are about ten minutes on foot from
Ōdara Station on the
JR West
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...
Akō Line
is a railway line owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Aioi, Hyōgo to Okayama, Okayama in Japan. A loop line off the Sanyō Main Line, the Akō Line commences at Aioi, is situated south of the main line approximately parallel ...
.
See also
*
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Okayama)
This list is of the Monuments of Japan, Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefectures of Japan, Prefecture of Okayama Prefecture, Okayama.
National Historic Sites
As of 6 August 2019, forty-seven Sites have been Cultural Properties of J ...
References
External links
Okayama Prefectural site{{in lang, ja
Historic Sites of Japan
Okayama
Bizen Province