Suwa shiori5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() This priest officiated the Upper Shrine's ceremonies, including the Ōhōri's investiture ceremony, which accorded him a preeminent status in the hierarchy. ![]() The second-highest office was that of the Kan-no-Osa or Jinchō (神長), later known as the Jinchōkan (神長官). The Suwa traditionally traced its lineage back to the shrine's deity Takeminakata, who is also known as Suwa Daimyōjin (諏訪大明神), the "Great Deity of Suwa." For a long time, the occupant of the high priestly office was revered as a god in the flesh ( arahitogami), the living incarnation or "body" ( shintai) of Suwa Daimyōjin. Historically, the Upper and Lower Suwa Shrines essentially functioned as two separate entities, each with its own set of shrines, religious ceremonies, and priests.īefore the rise of State Shinto in the Meiji period, the position of head priest or Ōhōri (大祝) in the Upper Shrine was occupied by members of the Suwa clan (諏訪氏, Suwa-shi), also known as the Miwa or Jin (神氏, Jinshi / Miwa-shi). The Grand Shrine of Suwa ( Suwa Taisha) in Nagano Prefecture consists of four shrines grouped into two sites: the Upper Shrine (上社, Kamisha), located southeast of Lake Suwa, in the cities of Chino and Suwa, and the Lower Shrine (下社, Shimosha), located in the town of Shimosuwa in the northern side of the lake. The Upper Shrine of Suwa's Main Shrine (上社本宮, Kamisha Honmiya), located in Suwa City Background Suwa Shrine and its priesthood A number of other texts (see below) meanwhile refer to the god as Moriya Daijin (守屋大臣), an epithet more often used for the historical Mononobe no Moriya in medieval and later sources. It is also the rendering adopted by Moriya Shrine ( 洩矢神社) in Okaya City in Nagano, where the deity is enshrined. What is currently the most commonly used rendering of Moriya's name in kanji, 洩矢, appear in sources such as the Suwa Daimyōjin Ekotoba (1356) and the genealogical record of the Moriya family compiled during the early Meiji period (late 19th century) known as the Jinchō Moriya-shi Keifu (神長守矢氏系譜, "Genealogy of the Jinchō Moriya Clan"). 4.3 Moreya, the Moriya clan and Mononobe no Moriya.4.2 The Moriya myth and the Upper Shrine's origins.3.1.2 "Moriya Daijin" in the Suwa Nobushige Gejō.3.1.1 "Moriya the evil outlaw" in the Suwa Daimyōjin Ekotoba.Local historians have long interpreted the story of the conflict between the two deities as the mythicization of a historical event in which a powerful local clan that ruled the Lake Suwa region and its vicinity (identified with the Moriya) was defeated by invaders who wrested control of the area (identified in turn with the Suwa clan, the high priestly lineage of the Upper Suwa Shrine that claimed to be Takeminakata's descendants), although a number of scholars have recently argued that it may actually be of later origin, heavily influenced by or outright based on medieval legends concerning the conflict between Prince Shōtoku and the anti-Buddhist ōmuraji Mononobe no Moriya, who may have been the inspiration for the god's name. In addition, he is venerated as a local tutelary deity ( ubusunagami) in a shrine in Okaya City near the Tenryū River, which in later variants of the aforementioned myth is identified as the place where Takeminakata and Moriya fought each other. Moriya is regarded as the mythical ancestor of the Moriya clan (守矢氏), a priestly family that formerly served in the Upper Suwa Shrine (上社, Kamisha), one of the two sub-shrines that make up Suwa Taisha. The most famous of such stories is that of his battle against Takeminakata, the god of the Grand Shrine of Suwa ( Suwa Taisha). Moreya or Moriya (洩矢神, Moriya- / Moreya-no-Kami) is a Japanese god who appears in various myths and legends of the Suwa region in Nagano Prefecture (historical Shinano Province). Tamaruhime (daughter Jinchō Moriya-shi Keifu) Moriya / Morita (son Jinchō Moriya-shi Keifu) Suwa Daimyōjin Ekotoba, Suwa Nobushige Gejō, Jinchō Moriya-shi Keifu Moriya Shrine in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture ![]()
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