Ryukyu Eight Shrines
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The Ryûkyû Eight Shrines are a group of eight Shinto shrines in Okinawa prefecture specially designated as being of particular prominence or importance; each is associated with a nearby Buddhist temple.
The Eight Shrines
- Naminoue Shrine - Wakasa, Naha, assoc. with Gokoku-ji
- Ameku Shrine (Ameku-gû) - Tomari, Naha, assoc. with Seigen-ji
- Oki Shrine (Oki-gû) - Ounoyama, Naha, assoc. with Rinkai-ji
- Shikina Shrine - Hantagawa, Naha, assoc. with Jin'ô-ji
- Futenman-gû - Futenma, assoc. with Jingû-ji
- Sueyoshi Shrine, also known as shadan (社壇) - Sueyoshi-chô, Shuri, assoc. with Henshô-ji
- Azato Hachiman-gû - Azato, Naha, assoc. with Jintoku-ji[1]
- Kin Shrine (Kin-gû) - Kin, Kunigami, assoc. with Kin Kannon-ji
References
- ↑ Taichû's Ryûkyû Shintô ki replaces the Hachiman-gû with a branch of Ise Shrine in his counting of eight Kumano gongen shrines in Ryûkyû, but includes the Hachiman-gû in his overall list of the "Ryûkyû Nine Shrines" (琉球九社). Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 52.
