Uji
Hakusan Shrine


Designated Important Cultural Properties
Heian Period
Regent Fujiwara Yorimichi's Daughter, Kanshi

This shrine is said to have been constructed in prayer for the remedy of the smallpox epidemic which spread in the late 8th century. Later it became a tutelary shrine for the Konjiki-in Temple which is assumed to have been founded in 1102 by Regent Fujiwara Yorimichi's daughter, Kanshi (later the wife of Emperor Reizei). The hall of worship, built in 1277, is a designated important cultural property and said to be the remains of imperial villa Uji Rikyu.
The shrine's principal image is a wooden sedentary statue representing Iginami no Mikoto (important cultural asset). The dining ceremony held on the eve of the annual festival, on October 18, is a unique event.
Konjiki-in Temple is thought to have been composed of many buildings, but today there remain only the Hakusan Shrine, the gate and the nine-storied stone tower supposedly erected for the repose of the empress's soul. Recently excavation work has been carried out and vestiges of several other buildings have been discovered.

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Source: The Uji municipal government

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