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Okuta Shrine and Otaki Shrine
〒915-0234 福井県越前市大滝町１３−１
Otaki Shrine and Okuta Shrine are located in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture, and share the main hall (honden) and worship hall (haiden) of the lower shrine (satomiya). Okuta Shrine enshrines Kawakami Gogo, the deity of washi paper, and is known as the head shrine for the paper industry nationwide.
Enshrined deities
Kunitokotachi-no-Mikoto, Izanagi & Izanami
History
It is said that the shrine was founded in 719 CE (Yoro 3) by Taicho, who enshrined Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto and Izanagi-no-Ookami as the main deities and established a syncretic shrine with Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva as the honji (original Buddha). Okuta Shrine began when Kawakami Gogo, who is said to have introduced paper-making techniques about 1,500 years ago, was enshrined as the ancestral deity of paper. Due to the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism edict during the Meiji period, it became the current Otaki Shrine, and Okuta Shrine came to be enshrined within the precincts as a subsidiary shrine (sessa).
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What visitors say
The shrine buildings are characterized by their imposing and solemn architecture, particularly praised for the beauty of the hinoki bark roofs and carvings. The main hall (honden), designated as an Important Cultural Property, features an artistic structure where works by master craftsmen can be viewed up close. Goshuin (calligraphic seal stamps) can be obtained at the office located between the first torii gate and Okuta Shrine.
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