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雄郡神社

雄郡神社, Shinto shrine in Japan

Yūgun Shrine in the Oguri district of Matsuyama is a Shinto shrine whose nagare-zukuri worship hall has a roof sloping from the ridge down toward the front. Its grounds hold subsidiary shrines: Kinsha Shrine, with many Fukusuke dolls placed beneath its small shrine, Atago Shrine, Fujino Shrine, Benten Shrine, Sankō Shrine, Gion Shrine and Inari Shrine. The shrine's crest is the hidari-mitsudomoe.

According to shrine tradition, records were lost when the shrine burned during the Sengoku period, so the founding date of its main deity, Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, is unknown. In 586, under Emperor Yomei, the Hachiman deities were invited from Usa in Tsukushi. The shrine received the junior fifth rank in 878 and was designated the fourth of the Matsuyama Hachisha Hachiman by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi in 1073. Burned in 1600 at the Battle of Mitsu-Kariyaguchi, it was rebuilt by Kato Yoshiaki in 1614 and again by Matsudaira Sadanao in 1693.

The shrine's name, Yūgun, is written with characters meaning "brave district." Its annual festival on October 7 features a kenka-mikoshi, in which portable shrines from different neighbourhoods are carried against each other in a clash. Within the grounds, the Kinsha Shrine is known for the many Fukusuke dolls placed beneath its small hall.

The shrine stands in Oguri, Matsuyama; the nearest stop is the Iyotetsu bus stop Yūgun Jinja Higashi, about three minutes on foot. The grounds hold several subsidiary shrines: Kinsha and Atago south of the worship hall, Fujino and Benten to the north, and Sankō, Gion and Inari outside the tower gate.

The shrine's crest is the hidari-mitsudomoe, three commas swirling to the left, and it is counted as the fourth of the Matsuyama Hachisha Hachiman, a group of eight Hachiman shrines fixed in 1073 by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi. Within the grounds, the small Kanesha shrine has many Fukusuke dolls placed beneath its miniature hall.

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