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*''Built: [[1742]]''<ref>Gallery labels, [[Tamaudun]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15282268389/sizes/h/]</ref>

*''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 on [[Ishigaki Island]] is considered the only surviving example of traditional Ryukyuan shrine architecture belonging to the complex of indigenous Ryukyuan religions.

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 has been named an [[Important Cultural Property]] by the Japanese government.

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==References==

==References==

*Suzuki Kakichi, Miyamoto Chôjirô and Ushikawa Yoshiyuki. "Ryûkyûan Architecture: Its History and Features." in ''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集. vol. 5. Okinawa Times, 1989.

*Explanatory plaques on-site at Yaeyama Gongendô.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54262407170/sizes/k/]

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