Tatsuno Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tatsuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Tatsuno Shrine stands on the southwest foot of Mount Keiro in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture. Its grounds hold a main hall (honden), a worship hall (haiden), and subsidiary shrines including Nomino Sukune Shrine and Tamashima Inari Shrine. The shrine enshrines Wakisaka Yasuharu, first lord of the Tatsuno domain, under the name Ken'yasu Harunushi no Kami.
In 1862, Wakisaka Yasumori, ninth lord of Tatsuno Domain, moved a family ancestral shrine from the Edo Shiodome residence and rebuilt it beside the Wakisaka upper residence (now Shuuen-tei) to enshrine Wakisaka Yasuharu, first lord of the domain and one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake. In September 1875 it was ranked as a village shrine (gosha).
The shrine's main deity is Wakisaka Yasuharu, the first lord of Tatsuno Domain, worshipped here as Ken'yasu-haru-nushi-no-kami. The grounds also hold a Nomi-no-Sukune shrine, a Tamashima Inari shrine, and several auxiliary shrines, including Jōyama Hachiman-gū and Suiten-gū. Two suits of armor said to have belonged to Yasuharu, one received from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, are kept at the Tatsuno City History and Culture Museum.
The shrine stands at 2 Nakagasagi, Tatsuno-cho, Tatsuno, Hyogo, a 25-minute walk or 8-minute taxi ride from JR Hon-Tatsuno Station on the Himeji-Shin Line. It sits at the southwestern foot of Mount Keiro, next to Shuuen-tei and Tatsuno Park, with the ruins of Tatsuno Castle nearby.
The shrine's treasures include two suits of armor said to have belonged to Wakisaka Yasuji, the first lord of Tatsuno. One, a black-lacquered cuirass with gold maki-e designs of Hotei and irises attributed to Kano Tan'yu, is kept at the Tatsuno City History and Culture Museum.
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