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[[File:Yaeyama-gongendo-gate.jpg|right|thumb|The main gate to Yaeyama Gongendô from the road]]
[[File:Yaeyama-gongendo.jpg|right|thumb|The Main Hall (Honden) of the shrine]]
*''Built: [[1614]], rebuilt [[1786]]''
*''Built: [[1614]], rebuilt [[1786]]''
*''Japanese'': 八重山権現堂 ''(Yaeyama gongendou)''
*''Japanese'': 八重山権現堂 ''(Yaeyama gongendou)''
The Yaeyama Gongen-dô is a [[Shinto shrine]] on [[Ishigaki Island]] dedicated to the [[Kumano Gongen]] deities. It was established in [[1614]] along with the Buddhist temple [[Torin-ji|Tôrin-ji]], after [[Satsuma han]] instructed King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] to build more shrines and temples in the kingdom; this came after a [[1611]] survey by Satsuma reportedly found no Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples at all in the [[Yaeyama Islands]]. The Gongen-dô, along with Tôrin-ji, thus represent the first Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple established in the Yaeyamas.
The Yaeyama Gongen-dô is a [[Shinto shrine]] on [[Ishigaki Island]] dedicated to the [[Kumano Gongen]] deities. It was established in [[1614]] along with the Buddhist temple [[Torin-ji|Tôrin-ji]], after [[Satsuma han]] instructed King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] to build more shrines and temples in the kingdom; this came after a [[1611]] survey by Satsuma reportedly found no Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples at all in the [[Yaeyama Islands]]. The Gongen-dô, along with Tôrin-ji, thus represent the first Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple established in the Yaeyamas.
The shrine was destroyed in the [[Meiwa Tsunami]] of [[1771]], but was restored in [[1786]], and has been restored or rebuilt several times since then. A bronze mirror dated to [[1772]] and held in the Honden is considered the oldest such mirror today surviving in [[Okinawa prefecture]].
The shrine was destroyed in the [[Meiwa Tsunami]] of [[1771]], but was restored in [[1786]], and has been restored or rebuilt several times since then. In [[1882]], the shrine was reconstructed to more closely align with Japanese standards for a Shinto shrine. A bronze mirror dated to [[1772]] and held in the Honden is considered the oldest such mirror today surviving in [[Okinawa prefecture]].
The shrine has been named an [[Important Cultural Property]] by the Japanese government.
The shrine was named an [[Important Cultural Property]] by the Japanese government in 1981.
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==References==
==References==
*Explanatory plaques on-site at Yaeyama Gongendô.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54262407170/sizes/k/]
*Explanatory plaques on-site at Yaeyama Gongendô.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54262407170/sizes/k/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54262407375/sizes/k/]
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