7/16/2011

Hie Shrine Festival Sanno

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Hie Shrine Festival (Hie Jinja Sairei)

***** Location: Tokyo
***** Season: Mid-Summer
***** Category: Observance


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Explanation

Hie Jinja sairei 日枝神社祭礼 (ひえじんじゃさいれい)
main festival at Hie shrine

Sannoo matsuri 山王祭(さんのうまつり)Sanno festival
tenka matsuri 天下祭(てんかまつり)"greatest festival under the sky"
(Festival where even the Shogun (Tenka) comes to visit)

June 14 to June 16
June 16 is the main festival day.

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The parade of this festival was so well loved in Edo that even the Shogun came to visit.
Even today, more than 5000 people with floats and portable mikoshi take place.
On the high floats all kinds of historical persons are seated in spectacular robes.
In 1889, the parade included 100 huge floats.

The parade walks from Hibiya park toward the Imperial Palace (the former seat of the Shogun).




Hie Shrine, also called Hiyoshi Shrine.

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The Hie Jinja Shrine (Tokyo) is dedicated to Sanno Gongen (山王権現), which translates literally as "Mountain King Avatar" of Sannoo, the deity who dwells on Mt. Hiei between Kyoto and Lake Biwa.
This is also the home mountain of the Japanese Tendai Sect. Many of Japan's 3,800 Hie Jinja shrines are built in proximity to Tendai temples, and serve to protect these temples. The monkeys -- especially the female -- are considered the patrons of harmonious marriage and safe childbirth.

SANNO GONGEN 山王権現
SARUGAMI 猿神

Monkeys are patrons of harmonious marriage and safe childbirth at some of the 3,800 Hie Jinja shrines in Japan. ... The monkey is Sannou's Shinto messenger (tsukai 使い) and Buddhist avatar (gongen 権現).
Sarugami is the Shinto deity to whom the three monkeys (hear, speak, see no evil) are reportedly faithful.
source : Mark Schumacher

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. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .
woodblock print maker


After Rain at Sanno Shrine


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Look at some splendid photos !
source : wadaphoto.jp



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HAIKU


我らまで天下祭や山車ぐるま  
warera made tenkasai ya dashiguruma

we are all part
of this
tenka festival -
these huge floats


. Enomoto Kikaku 榎本其角
Takarai Kikaku 宝井其角 . (1661-1707)




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Related words

***** . Sannoo matsuri 山王祭 (さんのうまつり) Sanno Festival
Hiyoshi matsuri 日吉祭(ひよしまつり) Hiyoshi festival
at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu, Shiga.
and
Numazu Hie-jinja 沼津 日枝神社 Hie Shrine in Numazu


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4 comments:

Gabi Greve - Basho archives said...

Matsuo Basho


千鳥立ち更け行く初夜の日枝颪
chidori tachi fuke-yuku shoya no hieoroshi
chidoritachi fuke yuku shoya no Hie oroshi

plovers flying away -
as the evening passes on
wind blows down from Mount Hieizan

MORE
about Mount Hieizan 比叡山
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Gabi Greve said...

Edo Amanuma district 天沼 "heavenly swamp"
In 1635, it belonged to the famous shrine 日枝神社 Hie Jinja.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2018/01/amanuma-district.html
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Gabi Greve said...

Miyagi 宮城県 .....
伊具郡 Igu district 丸森町 Marumori


The boulders of Sanno Gongen, Sanno Iwaya 山王岩屋 are at the very narrow part of the Abukumagawa gorge, where a huge boulder hang on each side.
The messenger of Sanno Gongen, a saru 猿 monkey comes here often and his footprints are in the rock.
The warlord Abe no Sadato 安倍貞任 used this place for the defense of his territory.
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https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/10/abukuma-river.html
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Gabi Greve said...

Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine Legends
and Hie Jinja legends
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https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/hiyoshi-shrine-and-sanno-legends.html
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