諏訪大社 下社秋宮

境内ガイド

Guide of Suwa Taisha Shimosha Akimiya

諏訪大社は長野県の諏訪湖周辺に 4 箇所の境内地をもつ神社。全国各地にある諏訪神社総本社であり、国内にある最も古い神社の一つとされています。
Suwa Taisha consists of four shrines in the vicinity of Lake Suwa, Nagano Prefecture. It is the headquarters of Suwa
shrines, which are located throughout Japan. It is one of the oldest shrines in Japan.

① 御柱 Onbashira
寅年と申年の 7 年に一度行われる御柱祭（式年造営御柱大祭）で社殿の四隅に建てられる樅の巨木。大きなもので長さ 17m、重さ 10t を超え、山中から人力のみで神社まで運ばれ、建て替えられます。正面向かって右手前より時計回りに、一の柱、二の柱、三の柱、四の柱が建っています。
The Onbashira Festival is held every seventh year in
the years of the Tiger and the Monkey. Onbashirarefers to posts made from giant fir trees, which arestood up in the four corners of the shrine. One of thebiggest is 17 meters long and weighs over 10 tons.
They are dragged from the mountains to the site only
by hand. Four Onbashira are stood up in each cornergoing clockwise beginning with the right hand cornernear the front.

① 三の柱

① 四の柱

② 御神木

③ 宝殿

③ 宝殿

① 一の柱

① 二の柱
④ 幣拝殿

② 御神木 Goshinboku
秋宮では、宝殿の奥に立つイチイの古木を御神体として祀っています。昔は自然信仰で大きな山・石・木を通し、神を崇拝しました。諏訪大社は古いお宮なので自然信仰がそのまま受け継がれて木が御神体となっています。

⑤ 神楽殿

An old Japanese yew tree, which stands behind theHōden, is revered as an object of worship. In thepast, a big mountain, a rock and a tree were gods innature worship. Since Suwa Taisha is an old shrine,nature worship continues and an old tree is sacred.

⑥ 狛犬⑥ 狛犬⑦ 寝入りの杉③ 宝殿 Hōden
御祭神である建御名方神と妃神・八坂刀売神の御霊代を祀ってあります。左右 2 つの建物は、7 年に一度の御柱祭で 1 棟が建て替えられ、遷座祭が行われます。
T h e Ta k e m i n a k a t a - n o - k a m i a n d h i s w i f e t h e
Yasakatome-no-kami are worshiped. There are two
thatch-roof buildings called Hōden, one of which isrebuilt during each Onbashira cycle. Then there isthe ritual called the Senzasai, in which the object ofworship is installed from the other Hōden.

温泉手水鳥居④ 幣拝殿 Heihaiden
参拝者が参拝したり、神職が祭祀を行ったりする建物です。1781 年（安永 10 年）に建立。1983 年に神楽殿と共に国の重要文化財に指定されました。
This building serves as a hall of worship for priests toperform various rituals. It was built in 1781. In 1983
it was designated as an Important Culture Property
along with the Kaguraden.

⑤ 神楽殿 Kaguraden
神様に雅楽や舞を奉納したり、祈願を行う建物です。
1835 年に立川流の宮大工、二代立川和四郎富昌により建てられました。正面に飾られる大きな注連縄は長さ 13m、出雲大社型では日本一の長さと言われています。
This is a hall for traditional dance and music dedicatedto the Kami. It was built in 1835 by Tatekawa Washiro
Ⅱ , Tomimasa, a shrine architect. His school ofarchitecture was called Tatekawa. A large decorativerope known as shimenawa is hung above the entranceof the hall. It is 13 meters long and the largest such
shimenawa of the Izumo Taisha style in Japan.

手水舎⑥ 狛犬 Komainu⑦ 寝入りの杉 Neirinosugi

狛犬は原村出身の彫刻家 清水多嘉示の作。高さ 1.7m、青銅製では日本一の大きさと言われています。

樹齢 600 年以上とも言われる大きな杉の木。
丑三つ時になると枝を下げて寝入りいびきが聞こえ、子供に木の皮を煎じて飲ませると夜泣きが止まるといわれています。

They are lion-shaped guardian dogs sitting ina pair at the left and right sides. The guardiandogs in Akimiya were sculpted by Shimizu
Takashi from Hara Village. They are 1.7 meterstall and said to be the biggest komainu madeof bronze in Japan.

This is a big cedar tree that is more than
600 years old. It is said to sleep at midnight
lowering its branches. Putting your ear against
the trunk, you can hear the tree snoring. If you
steep some barks of this tree in hot water andhave a child drink it, the child is said to stop
crying at night.