結 Musubi 日本語

Historical

Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and Yoshiie

Late Heian, 1051-1087 · 3 stops

Two generations of Minamoto in the north, and the beginning of the clan's hold over the warriors of the east.

01 Sano Shrine02 Miyazaki Jingu03 Tsuno Shrine04 Tateiwa Shrine05 Okada-gu06 Take Shrine (E-no-miya)07 Koshima Shrine08 Hiraoka Shrine09 Ono Shrine10 Kamayama Shrine11 Kamikura Shrine12 Yatagarasu Shrine13 Kashihara Jingu01 Kehi Jingu02 Isasumi Shrine01 Ise Jingu, Naiku02 Kusanagi Shrine03 Yaizu Shrine04 Hashirimizu Shrine05 Tachibana Shrine06 Yoshida Shrine07 Ou Shrine08 Sakaori-no-miya09 Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine10 Atsuta Jingu11 Mount Ibuki12 Nobono Shrine13 Otori Taisha01 Takahashi Shrine02 Awa Shrine01 Kiyomizu-dera02 Aritama Shrine03 Nihon Shrine04 Omuro Takao Shrine05 Yamizomine Shrine06 Hanazono Shrine07 Sakai-no-Myojin08 Sugafune Shrine09 Kashima Miko Shrine10 Tamura Shrine and Katchu-do11 Shiwahiko and Shiogama Shrine12 Nonodake Hakusan Shrine13 Takkoku-no-Iwaya Bishamon-do14 Tamura Shrine15 Takatsudo Kashima Shrine16 Tamura Shrine01 Omiya Hachimangu0102 Kanezawa Hachimangu0203 Takkoku-no-Iwaya, cliff Buddha0301 Tsurugaoka Hachimangu02 Utsunomiya Futaarayama Shrine03 Shirakawa Barrier04 Atsukashiyama Defence Line05 Chuson-ji
  1. 01

    Omiya Hachimanguおおみやはちまんぐう

    Tokyo Suginami

    DepartureFounded in 1063. Yoriyoshi prayed here on the way to Mutsu and built the shrine on his return.

  2. 02

    Kanezawa Hachimanguかねざわはちまんぐう

    Akita Yokote

    Kanezawa fortFounded by Yoshiie at the site of the last siege of the Later Three-Year War, the field where a broken line of geese is said to have betrayed an ambush.

  3. 03

    Takkoku-no-Iwaya, cliff Buddhaがんめんだいぶつ

    Iwate Hiraizumi

    The deadThe great face cut into the rock beside the hall, attributed by tradition to Yoshiie, in memory of the fallen of both wars.

None of the shrines described here takes part in this project, and none has been approached. They are written about because the roads they stand on are worth knowing. Coordinates are approximate and unverified — enough to show the shape of a route, not enough to navigate by.