Chiriku Hachimangu
Chiriku Hachiman Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Shirakabe neighborhood of the town of Miyaki in Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the shrines claiming to be the ichinomiya of former Hizen Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on March 15.
Enshrined ''kami''
The kami enshrined at Chiriku Hachiman-gū is Hachiman, which in this location is an amalgamation of:Emperor ŌjinEmperor ChūaiEmpress JingūSecondary kami include:Naniwa-no-miko, son of Emperor BidatsuUji no Wakiiratsuko, son of Emperor ŌjinSumiyoshi sanjin
- '''Takenouchi no Sukune'''
History
According to the Chinzei Yoryaku, in 724, Mibu Harunari, then governor of Hizen Province, received an oracle from the Hachiman deity to build a shrine on the land where a thousand chestnuts were growing. It became a dependency of the Usa Hachiman-gū in the Johei era. According to records of the Dazaifu, in 999 oil gushed out of the ground at the shrine and was presented to the Imperial Court. It has been recognized as the ichinomiya of Hizen Province since the Heian period, however, the title is disputed by the Yodohime Shrine, located in the city of Saga. The Chiriku Hachiman-gū burned down in December 1228. It is an indication of the importance of the shrine that the Court dispatched Konoe Kanetsune and Tsuchimikado Sadamichi, two high-ranking nobles in 1230 to investigate and discuss the reconstruction. During the Sengoku period, the shrine was the site of numerous battles and was destroyed several times, most notable in 1534 when it was razed by the Ōuchi clan; it was not rebuilt until 1583 under the sponsorship of the Ryūzōji clan. It continued to be supported by the Nabeshima clan, the daimyō of Saga Domain during the Edo Period. In 1609, it was awarded a plaque by Emperor Go-Yōzei recognizing its position as ichinomiya of Hizen Province.During the Meiji period era of State Shinto, the shrine was designated as a National shrine, 3rd rank under the Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines