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1. Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:57 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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   Some suggest Takaiko planned to run away to be with Ariwara, but her elder brother Fujiwara-no-Mototsune took steps to end the affair.

   Ariwara spent his last years at Jūrin-ji (十輪寺), close to Ōharano-jinja, where he brooded on the past.

   #Jurinji #十輪寺 #autumn #momiji #Kyoto #京都

   • Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:57 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     on this auspicious day,
     the divinity of Mt. Oshio at Ōhara,
     will surely remember,
     what happened long ago,
     in the Age of the Gods
     大原や 小塩の山も けふこそは 神代のことも 思ひ出づらめ

     Stripped of his ranks for the affair, Ariwara disappeared from public life.

     #Kyoto #京都 #Japan

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:57 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     @camelliakyoto wow all beautiful pictures 👌

   • Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:58 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     Known originally as Kaguraoka Inari-jinja (神楽岡稲荷神社), it's recorded that as early as 824 various shrine structures existed on the mountain top.
     Kagura-oka (神楽岡) was the early name for Yoshida-yama (吉田山).

     The renowned poet Ariwara-no-Narihira (在原業平 825-80) had a villa on the mountain and mentions that Kaguraoka Inari-jinja (神楽岡稲荷神社) stood close to his garden.

     #Kyoto #在原業平 #poetry #Yoshidayama #sakura #cherryblossoms

   • Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:58 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     Although Narihira was buried at Jūrin-ji (十輪寺), part of his ashes were interred on Yoshida-yama (吉田山).

     Ariwara was an expert poet, named as 1 of the 'Rokkasen' (六歌仙 '6 Immortals of Poetry') and 'Sanjūrokkasen' (三十六歌仙 '36 Immortals of Poetry').

     He was even more famed for his love affairs with high profile women of the time. It's said he fathered Emperor Yōzei (陽成天皇).

     #poetry #Kyoto #京都 #KyotoCasanova #Japan #Yoshidayama

   • Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:58 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     One of the most enduring of these affairs was with Fujiwara-no-Takaiko (藤原高子 842-910), consort of Emperor Seiwa (清和天皇).

     For 10 winters he accompanied the empress to Ōharano-jinja (大原野神社), fueling rumors of their love and plans for an elopement.

     #Kyoto #Oharanojinja #大原野神社 #AriwaranoNarihira #poetry #Jurinji #十輪寺

   • Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:59 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     During its heyday Takenaka-jinja's snaking tunnel of vermillion gates rivaled those found at Fushimi Inari (at this location the shrine gates are a fairly recent addition).

     Locals would joke that in the pouring rain it was possible to stay dry on the climb up the mountain as the gates were so numerous and so densely packed together!

     #Takenakajinja #Yoshidayama #Kyoto #torii #FushimiInari #吉田山 #竹中稲荷神社 #京都 #鳥居

   • Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:59 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     It may seem strange that such a relatively small shrine rivaled the famed Fushimi Inari for gates, but it should be remembered that gates as votive offerings only appeared in significant numbers at Fushimi after 1804 (at which time Takenaka-jinja was already in decline).

     #伏見 #Fushimi #FushimiInariTaisha #伏見稲荷大社 #torii #toriigate #shrine #Kyoto

   • Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:57:59 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

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     The origin of Takenaka-jinja is unclear, but it seems likely that it was established by Urabe Yoshihiro (卜部良芳).

     The Urabe clan, also pivotal in the creation of Yoshida-jinja, were 1 of 3 families in control of Shinto matters for the court.

     Currently Takenaka Inari-jinja (竹中稲荷神社) enshrines Uga-no-Mitama (宇賀御魂神), Sarutahiko (猿田毘古大神) and his wife Ame-no-Uzume (天宇受売命).

     #Yoshidajinja #Yoshidayama #Takenakajinja #Kyoto #autumn #momiji

   • Camellia Tea Ceremony (camelliakyoto@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 16:58:00 JST Camellia Tea Ceremony

     💌KYŌTO'S CASANOVA❤️🔥

     Takenaka-jinja (竹中稲荷神社) is a small but beautiful sub-shrine of Yoshida-jinja (吉田神社). Standing on the western summit of Yoshida-yama, the forlorn grounds betray the shrine's vibrant history of dashing poets, civil disorder and butterfly dances.

     Most of the shrine records have been lost, but in other works there is mention of a vast, snaking tunnel of shrine gates leading from mountain base to the worship hall.

     #autumn #Kyoto #Takenakajinja #竹中稲荷神社 #京都 #Japan