Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
Shinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is a Hachiman shrine[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of hachiman shrine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,762 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Shinto[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yukinoshita[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Instance of: shrine dedicated to Empress Jingū[6], Shinto shrine[7]
- Founder: Minamoto no Yoriyoshi[8]
- Architectural style: Ishi-no-ma-zukuri[9]
- Postal code: 248-8588[10]
- Child organization or unit: 鶴岡二十五坊[11]
- Commons category: Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū[12]
- Has part(s): Taiko-bashi[13]
- Inception: 1063[14]
- Mother house: Usa Jingū[15], Iwashimizu Hachimangū[16]
- Location of formation: Moto Hachiman[17]
- Significant event: Siege of Kamakura[18]
- Dedicated to: Hachiman[19], Empress Jingū[20], Himegami[21], Ōjin[22]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: September 15[23]
- Official website: http://www.hachimangu.or.jp[24], http://www.tsurugaoka-hachimangu.jp/[25], http://www.tsurugaoka-hachimangu.jp/zh_cn.html[26], http://www.tsurugaoka-hachimangu.jp/zh_tw.html[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū[28]
- Commons gallery: 鶴岡八幡宮[29]
- Phone number: +81-467-22-0315[30]
- Heritage designation: Important Cultural Property of Japan[31], Historic Site of Japan[32]
- Legal form: religious corporation[33]
- Commons Institution page: Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū[34]
- Native label: 鶴岡八幡宮[35]
- Name in kana: つるがおかはちまんぐう[36]
Why It Matters
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]