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*''Established: prior to [[862]]''
*''Japanese'': 御香宮神社 ''(Gokou no miya jinja)''
A major [[Shinto shrines|shrine]] in [[Fushimi]], Gokô-no-miya was once the chief shrine in the [[Kyoto prefecture|prefecture]]. It is unknown when it was first established, but there are records that repairs were performed on the main worship hall in [[862]], so it is clearly at least that old.
The name of the shrine, literally meaning "Shrine of Fragrance," is traced to a legend claiming that water with a sweet aroma bubbled forth on the site, leading [[Emperor Seiwa]] to grant the shrine that name. There are a number of other theories, however.
[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] later moved the shrine to within the grounds of [[Fushimi Castle]], to guard the rear gate, but [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] returned the shrine to its former location. The shrine then later became the headquarters or home shrine of the [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] loyalist armies during the [[1868]] [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]], and was spared destruction in that conflict.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Japanese'': 御香宮神社 ''(Gokou no miya jinja)''
A major [[Shinto shrines|shrine]] in [[Fushimi]], Gokô-no-miya was once the chief shrine in the [[Kyoto prefecture|prefecture]]. It is unknown when it was first established, but there are records that repairs were performed on the main worship hall in [[862]], so it is clearly at least that old.
The name of the shrine, literally meaning "Shrine of Fragrance," is traced to a legend claiming that water with a sweet aroma bubbled forth on the site, leading [[Emperor Seiwa]] to grant the shrine that name. There are a number of other theories, however.
[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] later moved the shrine to within the grounds of [[Fushimi Castle]], to guard the rear gate, but [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] returned the shrine to its former location. The shrine then later became the headquarters or home shrine of the [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] loyalist armies during the [[1868]] [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]], and was spared destruction in that conflict.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]