is a

Shinto shrine A Stuart D. B. Picken, 1994. p. xxiii is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami, , the deities of the Shinto religion. The Also called the . is where a shrine's patron is or are enshrined.Iwanami Japanese dic ...

located in Ōtsu, Shiga,

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Enshrined gods

* Hikohohodemi * Ōnamuchi *

Kunitokotachi In Shinto faith, Kuninotokotachi or Kuni-toko-tachi is one of the two Gods born from "something like a reed that arose from the soil" when the Earth was chaotic. In the , he is the first of the seven generations of Divinities born after the ...

* Tarashinakatsuhiko

History

The Tenson Shrine was established in 782 and purified by

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in 806.

References

* ''Hieizan Rekishi no Sampomichi'',

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, 1995,
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External links

- The Tenson Shrine's official website (Japanese) Buildings and structures in Ōtsu Shinto shrines in Shiga Prefecture Kokushi genzaisha {{Shinto-shrine-stub