Show threadCamellia Tea CeremonyJul 15, 2025

2 pigeons, perhaps sculpted by Hidari Jingorō (左甚五郎), sit atop the float gate. The god's bird messengers represent marital harmony.

The float is thought to have existed at least before the Ōnin War (1467-77). Unusually, talismans are sold to stop children crying at night.

#folklore #Hachiman #GionFestival

Buddhist ArtApr 8, 2025
A statue of the #Japanese native deity #Hachiman (八幡神) in the form of a #Buddhist monk, as sculpted by the artist #Kaikei (快慶) in 1201, #Japan.
#BuddhistArt #Buddhism
KantomanSep 17, 2024
#Hachiman #Shinto #shrine in #Shiraoka #Saitama #Japan #日本 #埼玉県 #白岡 #白岡八幡神社
KantomanJan 25, 2024
This guard dog is so dangerous, it had to be caged in. #Kasukabe #Hachiman #Shinto #shrine #Saitama #Japan #日本 #埼玉県 #さいたま市 #春日部 #八幡神社
World History EncyclopediaAug 24, 2023
The Mongol invasions of Japan took place in 1274 and 1281 CE when Kublai Khan (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1415/the-mongol-invasions-of-japan-1274--1281-ce/ #History #Hachiman #KamakuraPeriod #KublaiKhan
The Mongol Invasions of Japan, 1274 & 1281 CE

The Mongol invasions of Japan took place in 1274 and 1281 CE when Kublai Khan (r. 1260-1294 CE) sent two huge fleets from Korea and China. In both cases, the Japanese, and especially the samurai warriors...

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CrossAsiaJun 14, 2023
Tomorrow, June 15 from 6pm, our next #CrossAsia Talk will be with Fengyu Wang on the topic "The Karmic Origins Painted Anew: The Reproductions of the #Hachiman Handscrolls". The focus will be on two #Japanese #handscrolls @stabi_berlin & their contextualisation. http://sbb.berlin/ox68dm
CrossAsia Talks: Fengyu Wang 15.6.2023 - CrossAsia

(See English below) Wir freuen uns sehr Ihnen den Vortrag von Herrn Fengyu Wang (Universität Heidelberg) am 15.6.2023 ab 18 Uhr im Simon Bolivar-Saal (Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin) zum Thema „The Karmic Origins Painted Anew: The Reproductions of the Hachiman Handscrolls“ ankündigen zu dürfen. Hachiman engi 八幡縁起 oder Die karmischen Ursprünge von Hachiman erzählt […]

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atomickerMay 31, 2023

Title: Kyushu Hakozaki Hachimangu (1938)

Artist: Koitsu Tsuchiya

https://www.hakozakigu.or.jp/ #Koitsu #KoitsuTsuchiya #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HakozakiShrine #Shinto #Hachiman #Fukuoka #Kyushu #Japan

福岡の神社　日本三大八幡　筥崎宮【公式】

福岡の神社　日本三大八幡　筥崎宮では厄祓い、必勝祈願、初宮参り、七五三など各種ご祈願、神前結婚式を行っております。四季を通じ多くのお祭りを開催、中でも1月の玉取祭（玉せせり）、9月の放生会は多くの方に参拝いただいています

KantomanMay 9, 2023
How many #shinto #shrines are too many? Trick question. Never too many. A map of the area around #hachiman #jinja in #kasukabe #saitama #japan and a couple of other pictures from there.
Show threadWai-Jing TsangJan 18, 2023

According to @hireillo, yesterday was #DragonAppreciationDay (how on earth does one keep track of all these 'days', normal days are hard enough to track!!!)

So here's my big dragon art (why do I only have one dragon art?), created for the webcomics I'm working on, 'Kohaku', written by J. U. Rhodian

#art #illustration #FantasyArt #TraditionalArt #ink #Tomoe #TomoeGozen #Kohaku #Japan #webcomic #dragon #hachiman #warrior #WarriorWoman #samurai

World History EncyclopediaNov 30, 2022
Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenman Tenjin (845-903 CE), was a scholar, poet, and high-level administrator in the Japanese court during the Heian Period. Badly treated and exiled, he would gain a spectacular revenge on his political rivals from beyond the grave when he was deified following a series of disasters thought to be a product of Tenjin's anger. He became the patron god of scholarship an...https://www.worldhistory.org/Tenjin/ #FujiwaraClan #Hachiman #Kami
Tenjin

Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenman Tenjin (845-903 CE), was a scholar, poet, and high-level administrator in the Japanese court during the Heian Period. Badly treated and exiled, he would gain a spectacular...

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