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Iwafune Shrine
Original title: 磐船神社
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“A ship as sturdy as rock” or “a god's flying vehicle” appearing in Japanese mythology.
In Kojiki and Nihon Shoki), it is known as the “Ama-no-Iwafune (heavenly rock boat)” ridden by heavenly descendant Nigihayahi-no-Mikoto when descending from Takamagahara (the heavenly realm) to earth.
Literally “a ship made of rock,” described in ancient writings as a vehicle flying between heaven and earth. Also sometimes used as an archaic term for a sarcophagus (a coffin made of stone).
A shrine worshipping the Mononobe clan’s distant ancestral deity, the heavenly descendant Nigihayahi-no-Mikoto.
A sacred site of Nigihayahi-no-Mikoto's descent, with the heavenly rock boat as its sacred object.
The pacification ritual of the Ten Sacred Treasures is the foundation of Japanese prayer, received from Amaterasu by Nigihayahi and transmitted by him.
A shrine recounting Japanese religious history: nature/huge-stone worship/descent of heavenly deities/arrival of Buddhism/Shinto-Buddhist syncretism/separation of Shinto and Buddhism.
Amateru Kuniteru Hiko Ame no Hoakari Kushitama Nigihayahi no Mikoto (Nigihayahi no Mikoto)
(Amateru Kuniteru Hiko Ame no Hoakari Kushitama Nigihayahi no Mikoto)
Known since ancient times as a training site for Shinto practitioners and Shugendo, the grotto formed by numerous huge rocks becomes a broad cave in some places and a narrow hole barely large enough for a single person to pass through in others. The Amanogawa flows into it, becomes a torrent, and erodes the rocks; it is said that even those who know no special ascetic practices can undergo training simply by touring the grotto. This grotto is open to visitors. To preserve its original appearance, safety measures are kept to the minimum necessary, so visitors are requested to observe the following.
1. Wear ritual clothing (shirotasuki; available to borrow at the shrine office).
2. Change slippery shoes for straw sandals (ibid.).
3. Age restrictions (10 years or older, under 75).
4. Not allowed after drinking alcohol
5. Visits are unavailable at night, in rain, or during high water.
Visits to sacred rocks and rock-carved Buddhas
An ancient Japanese belief that huge or unusual rocks house divine spirits or receive their descent. Many rock-carved Buddhas are carved into rocks believed to house gods.
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日本神話に登場する「岩のように頑丈な船」や「空を飛ぶ神の乗り物」
古事記・日本書紀)においては、天孫・饒速日命(にぎはやひのみこと)が高天原(天上界)から地上へ降り立つ際に乗った「天磐船(あまのいわふね)」として知られています。
文字通り「岩でできた船」を指し、古代の書物では空を飛んで天と地を行き来する乗り物として描かれています。また、石棺(石で作られた棺)を意味する古語として使われることもあります。
物部氏の遠祖神(とおつみおや)天孫饒速日命をお祀りする神社です。
天の磐船を御神体とする饒速日命降臨の聖地です。
十種瑞宝鎮魂は日本の祈祷の根本であり、饒速日尊が天照大神より授かり伝えたものです 。
自然・巨石信仰・天都神の降臨・仏教の伝来・神仏習合・神仏分離/日本の信仰の歴史を物語るお宮です。
天照国照彦天火明櫛玉饒速日命(饒速日命)
(あまてるくにてるひこあめのほあかりくしたまにぎはやひのみこと)
古来より神道家や修験道の行場として知られ、多数の巨石が形作る岩窟は或るところは広い洞窟を成し、或るところは人一人がやっとくぐり抜けられるような狭い穴のようになっており、中には天野川が流れ込み急流となり岩を削り、特別な行法を知らない人でも岩窟巡りをするだけでも行になると言われる所です。この岩窟は拝観していただけます。昔のままの姿を保つため、必要最低限の安全措置ですので拝観者には次のような事を守っていただきます。
1、行衣(しろたすき)着用の事(社務所で貸出)
2、滑りやすい靴はわらぞうりに履き替えます(同上)
3、年齢制限あり(10歳以上75歳未満)
4、飲酒後は不可
5、夜間、雨天時、増水時は拝観できません
磐座・磨崖仏巡り
巨石や奇石を神様の御霊の宿る、降臨されるものであるという日本人に昔から伝わる信仰。磨崖仏の多くは神が宿るとされるような岩に彫られていることが多い。
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