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English: It was said the morning star (Venus) fell from the sky and Kokuzo Bosatsu appeared on the day that the vow made by the Nara period monk Dosho during a questioning ritual held on the site was fulfilled, and based on this legend, Myojo-sha Shrine was built to enshrine the lightning god Denden-Myojin as the embodiment of Myojo Tenshi who represents the star.
Japanese: 奈良時代の僧・道昌がこの地で行った求聞持法の満願の日に、空から明星が降りそそいで虚空蔵菩薩が示現したということから、その明星を表す明星天子を本地仏として、雷の神である電電明神を祀る明星社が鎮守社の一つとして作られた。
English: Since ancient times, the god of lightning has also been regarded as the god of paddy fields and Denden-gu Shrine was widely worshipped by local residents.
Japanese: 古くから雷の神は田の神と同一視されたこともあり、電電宮は住民から広く信仰されていた。
English: However, the shrine was destroyed by fire along with the temple's main hall during the Hamaguri Rebellion of 1864 and the deity was long enshrined within a temporary shrine.
Japanese: しかし、元治元年（1864年）の禁門の変により、本堂などとともに焼失し、長く仮宮に鎮座したままとなっていた。
English: Due to the increasing use of radio devices, in 1956 Kinnosuke HIRABAYASHI, the then Director of the Kinki Bureau of Telecommunications, advocated that Denden Myojin be enshrined as the god of electricity and electromagnetic waves and that the shrine should also publicly honor the spirits of pioneering researchers and entrepreneurs in fields related to electricity and electromagnetic waves.
Japanese: 昭和31年（1956年）、当時の近畿電波管理局長・平林金之助は、今後電波の利用が多くなることから、電電明神を電気電波の祖神として祀り、併せて電気電波関連の研究先覚者や事業者の霊を顕彰すべきであると主唱した。
English: This met with the agreement of those active in electricity and radio within the Kansai region and the shrine was restored (although the shrine retained its temporary buildings) with the Denden-to Pagoda being constructed within the grounds of Horin-ji Temple to honor the spirits of those who pioneered electricity and radio.
Japanese: これに賛同した関西の電気電波関連者らにより明星社が再興され（ただし社殿は仮宮のままであった）、併せて法輪寺境内に電気電波関係者の霊を顕彰する電電塔が建てられた。
English: Copper statues of Thomas Edison and Heinrich Hertz stand in the Denden-to Pagoda to represent electricity researchers and electromagnetic wave researchers respectively.
Japanese: 電電塔には電気研究者の代表としてトーマス・エジソン、電波研究者の代表としてハインリヒ・ヘルツの銅製の肖像が掲げられている。
English: In January 1979, the Denden-gu Goji-kai, an association to preserve Denden-gu Shrine (Denden-gu Shrine Hosan-kai and Denden-to Pagoda Hosan-kai) was formed and the organization is working to maintain Denden-gu Shrine and Denden-to Pagoda.
Japanese: 昭和54年1月に電電宮護持会（電電宮並びに電電塔奉賛会）が結成され、電電宮・電電塔の維持を行っている。
English: Today the shrine is worshipped not only for pioneers of electricity and electromagnetic wave research but also for persons involved in computers and telecommunications.
Japanese: 今日では、電気・電波だけでなくコンピュータ関係者や電気通信事業者からも信仰を集めている。
English: The main deities enshrined within the main building are Sakatoke-no-Kami (Oyamatsumi) - the father of rice-wine manufacturing who first made Japanese sake and offered it to the gods, who is enshrined with his daughter Sakatokego-no-Kami (Konohanano Sakuya Bime) and her husband Owakugo-no-Kami (Ninigi), and his grandson Kowakugo-no-Kami (Hoori).
Japanese: 初めて日本酒を作って神々に献じた酒造の祖神である酒解神（さかとけのかみ。オオヤマツミ）、およびその御子神である酒解子神（さかとけごのかみ。コノハナノサクヤビメ）、その夫の大若子神（おおわくごのかみ。ニニギ）、孫の小若子神（こわくごのかみ。ホオリ）を主祭神として本殿に祀る。
English: The aidono building enshrines the subordinate deities the Emperor Saga, his son the Emperor Ninmyo, his wife TACHIBANA no Kachiko (Empress Danrin) and her father TACHIBANA no Kiyotomo.
Japanese: 相殿に嵯峨天皇、その子の仁明天皇、嵯峨天皇の后の橘嘉智子（檀林皇后）、橘嘉智子の父の橘清友を祀る。
English: Umenomiya-taisha Shrine came to be worshipped for conception and smooth childbirth after the Empress Danrin spread sand from the shrine on the floor of the delivery room in which she gave birth to the Emperor Ninmyo.
Japanese: 檀林皇后が当社の砂を産屋に敷きつめて仁明天皇を産んだことから、子授け・安産の神としても信仰されるようになった。
English: Umenomiya-taisha Shrine originated with a shrine founded for the ujigami (guardian deity) of the Tachibana clan in Sagara County, Yamashiro Province by Agata no INUKAI no Michiyo.
Japanese: 県犬養三千代により橘氏一門の氏神として山城国相楽郡に創建されたのに始まる。
English: The shrine was moved to Nara by Agata no INUKAI no Michiyo's daughters Empress Komyo and Murono Okimi when the capital city was relocated to Heijo-kyo, and was again moved further up Kizu-gawa River.
Japanese: 平城京への遷都の際に、県犬養三千代の娘である光明皇后と牟漏女王によって奈良に遷座し、さらに木津川の上流に遷座した。
English: The Jinmyocho (Register of Deities) of the Engishiki (procedures of the Engi era) classifies the shrine as a Myojin Taisha and it became included as one of the Twenty-Two Shrines as an ujigami of the maternal relatives of the Emperor Ninmyo.
Japanese: 『延喜式』では名神大社に列し、仁明天皇の外戚の氏神として二十二社にも列した。
English: During the regency period, religious rites were conducted at the shrine by the Fujiwara clan as instead of the Tachibana clan.
Japanese: 摂関時代に入ってからは橘氏に代わって藤原氏が祭祀を行うようになった。
English: Take Kyoto City Bus Number 3, 28, 29, 67 or 71 to "Umenomiya-jinja mae" bus stop and walk for 3 minutes.
Japanese: 京都市営バス3、28、29、67、71号系統　梅ノ宮神社前バス停下車徒歩3分
English: Myojin Taisha are shrines that enshrine gods known as Myojin that are considered to have had especially remarkable miraculous effects since ancient times.
Japanese: 名神大社（みょうじんたいしゃ）とは、古来より霊験が著しいとされる名神を祀る神社である。
English: They are named 'Myojin Taisha' because all such shrines were ranked as Taisha (Kanpei Taisha and Kokuhei Taisha) under the ancient shrine classification system.
Japanese: 全てが古代社格制度における大社（官幣大社・国幣大社）に列しているので、「名神大社」と呼ばれる。
English: The Jinmyocho (Register of Deities) comprising volumes 8 and 9 of the "Engishiki" (Procedures of the Engi Era) lists 2861 shrines (shikinaisha) and 3132 deities, and of these, 224 shrines and 310 deities are classified as Myojin Taisha.
Japanese: 『延喜式』巻八・九の延喜式神名帳に記載される神社（式内社）2861社3132座のうち、名神大社は224社310座である。
English: Volume 3 (Rinji-sai) lists 203 shrines and 285 deities at which special festivals were held, which means that there are 21 shrines listed in the Jinmyocho volumes but not in this volume.
Japanese: しかし、巻三（臨時祭）に臨時祭にあずかる神社として記載されているのは203社285座で、神名帳にあって臨時祭にない社が21社ある。
English: This discrepancy is accounted for by the theory that the administration of "Jimyocho" and "Rinji-sai" listings was different, or by the theory that shrines that were newly classified as Myojin Taisha were not all added to the Rinji-sai list.
Japanese: このずれについては、神名帳と臨時祭の管轄が違うためとする説や、名神大社に新たに列せられた神社が臨時祭には全て記載されていないためであるとする説がある。
English: The 'Rinji-sai' column gives the name given in the "Rinji-sai" volume 3 which lists shrines at which special festivals were held.
Japanese: 「臨時祭」は巻三「臨時祭」で名神祭に預る神社として記載されている社名。
English: * Some manuscripts give Imizu-jinja Shrine (Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture) instead of 'Keta-jinja Shrine in Imizu County, Ettchu Province.'
Japanese: ※「越中国射水郡気多神社」の代わりに射水神社（富山県高岡市）を記載している写本もある。
English: The Three Genji Shrines (Genji San Jinja) are a group of three Shinto shrines connected with the Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan) branch family.
Japanese: 源氏三神社（げんじさんじんじゃ）とは、清和源氏ともっとも所縁のある三つの神社のことである。
English: The branch family later became known as 'Togoku no Genji' (lit. Eastern Genji) but they were originally based in the Kinki (Kansai) region, and all of the Three Genji Shrines are in the Kinki region.
Japanese: 後世「東国の源氏」と言われるが、源氏はもともと近畿（関西）が本拠地であり、源氏三神社は、いずれも近畿にある。
English: Tada is where MINAMOTO no Tsunemoto's son MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka formed the Genji Samurai Corps and is the place in which the Seiwa-Genji originated.
Japanese: 多田は、源経基の子の源満仲が源氏武士団を形成した地であり、清和源氏発祥の地とされる。
English: It is for this reason that Tada-jinja Shrine is considered to also be the Minamoto clan mausoleum and has been highly revered by the entire clan and its descendants as well as coming under the protection of the Ashikaga clan and Tokugawa clan.
Japanese: そのため多田神社は、源氏の霊廟ともされ、一門や子孫からの崇敬も強く、足利氏や徳川氏も多田神社を手厚く保護した。
English: The 'Genji-matsuri' festival held in April of each year features a parade of successive Minamoto clan samurai warriors from MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka to MINAMOTO no Sanetomo of the Kamakura period on horseback and in full armor.
Japanese: 毎年4月に行われる「源氏まつり」では、源満仲から鎌倉時代の源実朝までの累代の源氏の鎧姿の馬上の武者行列が見られる。
English: The attached Tsuboi-gongen Shrine enshrines MINAMOTO no Yorinobu, MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi, MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, MINAMOTO no Yoshitsuna and MINAMOTO no Yoshimitsu.
Japanese: 併設される壺井権現には、源頼信、源頼義、源義家、源義綱、源義光が祀られている。
English: The second head in the Seiwa-Genji, MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi, transferred the divided tutelary deity of Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine in the outskirts of Kyoto (Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture) to the Kawachi-Genji base to serve as the ujigami of the Kawachi Genji family line.
Japanese: 2代目の源頼義が、京都郊外（京都府八幡市）の石清水八幡宮を河内源氏の本拠地に勧請し、河内源氏の氏神としたものである。
English: When the Kawachi-Genji advanced eastward, MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi founded Tsurugaoka-wakamiya Shrine in Kamakura as a branch shrine of Tsuboi Hachiman-gu Shrine, and this was the precursor of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine.
Japanese: 河内源氏の東国進出の際、源頼義が壺井八幡宮を鎌倉に分社したのが鶴岡若宮で、鶴岡八幡宮の前身である。
English: The shrine is in possession of a white flag flown by the Minamoto clan during Hachiman Taro Yoshiie's Gosannen War and a katana sword used by Yoshiie.
Japanese: 八幡太郎義家の後三年の役の時の源氏の白旗や、義家使用の刀などが伝わる。
English: Nearby are both the remains of Tsuho-ji Temple which was once the Kawachi-Genji family temple, and the tomb of Yorinobu, Yoriyoshi and Yoshiie.
Japanese: 近くには河内源氏の菩提寺だった通法寺跡があり、また頼信、頼義、義家の墓がある。
English: They have been identified as the 'Kohata-jinja Shrines' (Myojin Taisha) listed in the Jinmyocho (Register of Deities) of the Engishiki (procedures of the Engi era) but within Uji City there are shrines named Kohata-jinja Shrine in the two adjacent areas of Kohata and Gokasho, and these both have different histories.
Japanese: 式内社（名神大社）「許波多神社」の比定社であるが、宇治市内には許波多神社という名前の神社が木幡と五ヶ庄の隣接する2つの地区にあり、それぞれ異なる社伝を伝える。
English: The shrines are said to be where Oama-no-Miko (later Emperor Tenmu) and SAKANOUE no Tamuramaro prayed for victory, and they are worshipped as shrines that bring good luck.
Japanese: 大海人皇子（後の天武天皇）や坂上田村麻呂が戦勝を祈願したと伝えられ、勝運を授かる神社として信仰されている。
English: As the only Engishiki-listed shrines to enshrine Ameno Oshihomimi are the Kohata-jinja Shrines, it is written in the Kamakura period "Shaku Nihongi" (an annotated text of the Nihon Shoki) that 'The kami at the Kohata-jinja Shrines are deities of ancestral mausoleums and should be revered in a manner that is different from others.'
Japanese: 式内社で天忍穂耳命を祭神とする神社は許波多神社だけであることから、鎌倉時代の『釈日本紀』には「許波多神社に座す神は宗廟の神として、他と異にして尊崇すべきである」と記されている。
English: According to a report made to the emperor by Soganokurano Yamadano ISHIKAWA no Maro in the year 645, the Emperor Kotoku ordered NAKATOMI no Kamatari to build a shrine enshrining imperial ancestors at Kohata-so.
Japanese: 社伝では、大化元年（645年）、蘇我倉山田石川麻呂の奏上により、孝徳天皇が中臣鎌足に命じて木幡荘に皇祖を祀る神殿を造営させたのに始まると伝えられる。
English: This shrine came to be known as 'Yanagi Daimyojin Shrine' as it was located in Yanagiyama, and was formally named 'Yanagi-jinja Shrine' until the Edo period.
Japanese: 当時は柳山の地に社殿があったことから「柳大明神」と呼ばれるようになり、江戸時代までは「柳神社」を正式の社名としていた。
English: During the Meiji period, the entire shrine was commandeered by the state to serve as a gunpowder magazine; during which time the deities were transferred to the their current location in what was the building in which the sacred palanquin was stored in the former village of Okada and this was also the time when the shrine was renamed to its previous name of Kohata-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 明治時代、陸軍火薬庫の建設のため社地全体が官有地として召し上げられ、当社は御旅所であった旧岡田村内の現在地に遷座し、その際に社名を旧称の許波多神社に改称した。
English: The shrine has a pair of male and female god statues (Bato Tenno and Benzaiten) that are believed to date from the latter part of the Heian period but these are housed in the attached temple.
Japanese: 平安時代後期の作とされる男女一対（馬頭天王・弁財天）の神像が伝わるが、これは附属の寺で祀られていたものである。
English: A horseracing ritual used to be held on a bridle path that extends approximately 218 m to the east and west of the shrine, and this shrine is believed to be 'the birthplace of horseracing.'
Japanese: かつて、社殿より続く東西2町の馬道で競馬（くらべうま）の神事が行われており、「競馬発祥の神社」とされている。
English: The Bato Tenno statue has also led the shrine to become renowned as 'Uma no Jinja' (lit. Horse Shrine) and draw many worshippers from among horseracing fans and those involved in the horseracing world.
Japanese: ほかにも、馬頭天王の神像があることから、「馬の神社」として競馬ファンや競馬関係者の信仰を集めている。
English: A pair of iron half-tongue style stirrups with a copper-inlaid flower and peacock motif; designation also includes a pair of iron long-tongue style stirrups
Japanese: 鉄宝相華孔雀銅象嵌半舌鐙（てつほうそうげくじゃくどうぞうがんはんじたあぶみ）一双、附鉄舌長鐙一双
English: According to shrine legend, in the year 645 the Emperor Kogyoku received a divine message in a dream saying 'I am a sky god with no shrine on earth and I ask you to enshrine my spirit' and ordered NAKATOMI no Kamatari to build a shrine at Kohata-so.
Japanese: 社伝では、大化元年（645年）、皇極天皇が夢で「吾れ天神故に下土に神陵なし吾が霊を祭祀し給へ」とのお告げを受け、中臣鎌足に命じ木幡荘に社殿を造営させたと伝えられる。
English: When Oama-no-Miko departed Otsunomiya for Yoshino before the Jinshin Rebellion, he picked a branch from a willow tree in front of the shrine and prayed for victory; 'May this branch bud if I come to ascend to the imperial throne.'
Japanese: 壬申の乱を前に大海人皇子が大津宮から吉野に向かう際、社頭に柳の枝を挿して「我に天位を践まば、この柳、芽を出すべし」と戦勝を祈願した。
English: When Oama-no-Miko ascended to the throne, the willow branch budded and the emperor praised the miracle by granting the shrine the name "Yanagi Daimyojin" and donating land.
Japanese: 大海人皇子が即位すると柳の枝が芽を出したことから、天皇は霊験を賛えて「柳大明神」の名を贈り、社領を寄進したという。
English: The shrine has also enshrined Amaterasu Omikami and Amatsu Hikone no Mikoto since 1908 when the deities of Tanaka-jinja Shrine in the former village of Kawahara were enshrined together with the existing deities.
Japanese: 明治41年（1908年）に旧河原村の田中神社を合祀したため、同社の祭神であった天照大神、天津彦根命も祭神としている。
English: The shrine precinct contains tomb no. 36 of the Uji mausoleum which is known as 'Kitsunezuka' and said to be the burial place of FUJIWARA no Mototsune.
Japanese: 境内には「狐塚」と呼ばれる宇治陵第36号墳墓があり、藤原基経の墓と伝えられている。
English: Yamazaki Shoten is another name for the independent Shingon Sect lineage Kannon-ji Temple in Yamazaki-cho, Otokuni-gun, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 山崎聖天（やまざきしょうてん）は、京都府乙訓郡大山崎町にある真言宗系単立寺院の観音寺の別名。
English: The temple is more often referred to as 'Yamazaki Shoten' or 'Yamazaki no Shoten-san' than 'Kannon-ji Temple' and has many devout worshippers.
Japanese: 観音寺よりも「山崎聖天」、「山崎の聖天さん」と呼ばれ、厚い信仰を受けている。
English: There are many cherry trees within the precinct and many tourists visit in spring.
Japanese: また、境内にはサクラが多く植えられており、春には多くの行楽客が訪れる。
English: However, the temple became embroiled in the Hamaguri Rebellion and was destroyed by fire with the exception of the principal image statue of the Thousand-armed Kannon and the statue of Kangiten.
Japanese: しかし、禁門の変に巻き込まれ、事前に避難させた本尊の千手観音と歓喜天像以外を残して焼失した。
English: Chozuya (also pronounced Temizuya) is an area within the precinct of a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple at which worshippers wash their hands and mouths.
Japanese: 手水舎（ちょうずや・てみずや）は、神社、寺院の境内に置かれている、参詣者が手や口をすすぐ場所のことである。
English: Ladles are placed by the water basin, and it is the general practice that worshippers use this to scoop up water with which to wash the left and right hands before taking up water using the hands of which some is used to wash the mouth and the remainder to wash the ladle.
Japanese: 水盤には柄杓が置かれており、それを使用して一回で手水（ちょうず）を掬う、左手、右手とすすいだ後、手に水をためて口をすすぎ、残った水で柄杓を濯ぐのが一般的な使用方法になっている。
English: The temple is situated to the south of Nijo-jo Castle and was originally a kin-en (a garden for the emperor) adjoined to the Imperial Palace in the city of Heian-kyo.
Japanese: 二条城の南に位置し、元は平安京大内裏に接して造営された禁苑（天皇のための庭園）であった。
English: The site of Shinsen-en Temple was originally a kin-en garden that was created adjoining the south of the Imperial Palace at approximately the same time as the relocation of the capital city to Heian-kyo in the year 794.
Japanese: 延暦13年（794年）の平安京遷都とほぼ同時期に、当時の大内裏の南に接する地に造営された禁苑であった。
English: At this time, the large garden was centered around a pond and occupied an area stretching from Nijo-dori Street to Sanjo-dori Street and measured 400 m from north to south and 200 m from east to west.
Japanese: 当初の敷地は二条通りから三条通りまで、南北400メートル、東西200メートルに及び、池を中心とした大庭園であった。
English: The first recorded use of the name is an article in 'Nihongi Ryaku' and describes that the Emperor Kanmu visited on August 16, 800.
Japanese: 史料に初めてその名が見られるのは「日本紀略」の記事であり、延暦19年（800年）7月19日（旧暦）、桓武天皇が行幸したという内容である。
English: A function was held in the year 802 and it appears that Shinsen-en Garden was used by the emperor and courtiers to entertain guests.
Japanese: 延暦21年（802年）には雅宴が催されたとあり、この頃から神泉苑は天皇や廷臣の宴遊の場となったとみられる。
English: It was said that the Dragon God resided at Shinsen-en Garden, and that after Shubin of Sai-ji Temple and Kukai of To-ji Temple competed with each other in praying for rain in the year 824, the garden came under the control of To-ji Temple after Kukai was victorious.
Japanese: 神泉苑には竜神が住むといわれ、天長元年（824年）に西寺の守敏と東寺の空海が祈雨の法を競い、空海が勝ったことから以後東寺の支配下に入るようになったという。
English: The site fell into ruin after the middle ages and the size of the garden was drastically reduced in 1603 when Ieyasu TOKUGAWA incorporated the majority of the land into Nijo-jo Castle which he built in the area.
Japanese: 中世以降は荒廃し、慶長8年（1603年）、徳川家康が二条城を造営した際には神泉苑の敷地の大部分が城内に取り込まれて著しく規模を縮小した。
English: Legend states that it is the place in which MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune and Shizuka Gozen met and there is a theory that it is the origin of the name of 'Oike-dori Street' - one of the streets that runs from the east to west through Kyoto City (although there are also different theories).
Japanese: 伝承では源義経と静御前が出会った場と言われ、京都市の東西に伸びる通りの一つ「御池通」の名前の由来であるとの説もある（異説あり）。
English: An ancient monument marking the easternmost edge of Shinsen-en Garden stands to the south of Nijo-jo Castle (Oshikoji Horikawa Higashi-hairu).
Japanese: 二条城の南（押小路堀川東入ル）には昔の神泉苑の東端を示す石碑がある。
English: Dainenbutsu Kyogen is performed at the Kyogen-do Hall May 1-4 each year.
Japanese: 例年、5月1日から5月4日にかけて、苑内の狂言堂で大念仏狂言が催される。
English: Shinsen-en Temple is one of the temples at which Dainenbutsu Kyogen is performed in Kyoto in addition to Mibu-dera Temple, Seiryo-ji Temple and Injo-ji Temple (Kyoto City) (Senbon Enma-do).
Japanese: 京都では、壬生寺、清凉寺、引接寺(京都市)（千本閻魔堂）と並ぶ念仏狂言の寺である。
English: Injo-ji Temple is a Buddhist Temple belonging to the Koyasan Shingon Sect located in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Japanese: 引接寺（いんじょうじ）は、京都市上京区にある高野山真言宗に属する寺である。
English: It is more commonly known as Senbon Enma-do than by its formal name.
Japanese: 正式な寺名よりも、通称の千本閻魔堂（せんぼんえんまどう）の方で知られている。
English: Injo-ji Temple was founded by the kaiki (founding priest) ONO no Takamura (802-853) who legend says travelled between this world and the underworld and interacted with Enma-o.
Japanese: 現世と冥土を行き来して閻魔王とも交流したという伝承のある小野篁（802年-853年）を開基とする。
English: The precinct of the temple is described in "Historia de Iapan" by Luis Frois - a missionary who came to preach in Kyoto during the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Japanese: 安土桃山時代、京都に来た宣教師ルイス・フロイスの『フロイス日本史』（HistoriadeIapan）中に、本寺の境内の様子が記されている。
English: However, the Senbon Enmado Kyogen Hozonkai (a preservation society) was formed in the following year and solicited public donations for the repair of the main hall, rebuilt a temporary Kyogen-do Hall, and continues to perform the revived kyogen every year using members from the previous Nishijin Kochu Association and some individuals recruited from the general public.
Japanese: しかし、翌年には千本えんま堂狂言保存会が結成され、本堂は一般の寄進を募って修復が進められ、狂言堂も仮建築ながら再建されて、以前の西陣講中を中心としたメンバーから一般から募集したメンバーも含めた編成に推移し、復活した狂言が毎年続けられる。
English: The main hall houses the principal image seated statue of Enma-o (a work attributed to Jocho) flanked by his two attendants Shimyo on the right and Shiroku on the left.
Japanese: 本堂には、閻魔王坐像（伝・定朝作）を本尊とし、脇侍を左に司命、右に司録を安置している。
English: A ten-storey stone pagoda (Important Cultural Property) with an inscription dating it at 1386 is thought to be a memorial to Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki).
Japanese: 1386年（至徳(日本)3年）の銘を持つ十重石塔（重要文化財）があり、紫式部の供養塔とされている。
English: May 1-4: The Senbon Enma-do Kyogen (Kyoto City intangible folk cultural property), considered to be one of the three great Dainenbutsu Kyogen in Kyoto, is performed with spoken dialogue.
Japanese: 5月1日-5月4日　京都で三大大念仏狂言の一つに数えられる千本えんま堂狂言（京都市・無形民俗文化財）が有声で行なわれる。
English: 34 Enmamae-Cho, Senbon-dori Kuramaguchi-dori Streets-sagaru, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture 602-8307
Japanese: 〒602-8307　京都府京都市上京区千本通鞍馬口通下ル閻魔前町34
English: Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 京都霊山護国神社（きょうとりょうぜんごこくじんじゃ）は、京都府京都市東山区にある神社である。
English: In 1862, a Shinto funeral was held by supporters at the Reimei-sha Shrine Shinto funeral place within the territory authorized to be held by the Jishu Ryozan-school's Shobo-ji Temple.
Japanese: 1862年、時衆霊山派の正法寺の朱印地のなかの神道葬祭場霊明社において有志者による神葬祭が行われた。
English: On June 29, 1868, an imperial edict was made ordering a shrine to be established on Ryozan in Higashiyama, Kyoto to enshrine the spirits of pro-imperialists (such as the Tenchu-gumi) who were killed prior to Meiji Restoration.
Japanese: 1868年（明治元年）5月10日、明治天皇から明治維新を目前にして倒れた志士たち（天誅組など）の御霊を奉祀するために、京都・東山の霊山の佳域社を創建せよとの詔・御沙汰が発せられた。
English: This inspired Kyoto court nobles and lords of various domains including Yamaguchi, Kochi, Fukui, Tottori and Kumamoto to come together and construct shrines at the peak of Ryozan and it is these shrines that were the beginning of Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku-jinja Shrine - Japan's first Shokonsha (Shinto shrine enshrining the spirits of those who were martyred for the nation).
Japanese: それに感激した京都の公家や山口藩・高知藩・福井藩・鳥取藩・熊本藩などの諸藩が相計らい京都の霊山の山頂にそれぞれの祠宇を建立したのが神社創建のはじまりであり、日本初の招魂社である。
English: The shrine's original name was Ryozan Kansai Shokonsha Shrine and it was ranked as a "Kansaisha" and maintained at the state's expense.
Japanese: 当初の社号を霊山官祭招魂社と称し、社格にはとくに『官祭社』に列し国費で営繕されてきた。
English: In 1936, the China Incident sparked the move toward reverently enshrining the souls of persons from Kyoto who sacrificed themselves for the nation, leading to the formation of the Ryozan Kansai Shokonsha Shrine Erection Committee that worked to expand the precinct and construct new shrine buildings.
Japanese: 1936年（昭和11年）、支那事変をきっかけとして国難に殉じた京都府出身者の英霊を手厚く祀ろうという運動がおき、霊山官祭招魂社造営委員会が組織され、境内を拡大して新たに社殿を造営した。
English: The name of the shrine was changed to its present name of Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku-jinja Shrine following a declaration made by the Home Minister on April 1, 1939.
Japanese: 1939年（昭和14年）4月1日、内務大臣布告によって現在の社号である京都霊山護国神社と改称された。
English: During the GHQ (General Headquarters) occupation period, the shrine's name was changed to Kyoto-jinja Shrine but the previous name was restored following independence.
Japanese: GHQ占領下においては京都神社に改称していたが、独立後は元の社名に復した。
English: The 'Ryozen Rekishikan' (museum) was opened within the precinct in 1970 to exhibit historical materials relating to the Meiji Restoration.
Japanese: 1970年（昭和45年）境内に明治維新関係の資料を展示する「霊山歴史館」が開館した。
English: The deities enshrined at Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku-jinja Shrine include Ryoma SAKAMOTO who was assassinated in Kyoto, with a bronze statue of him standing at the shrine and the Ryoma-sai Festival held on the anniversary of both his birth and death on November 15 of each year to honor his memory and comfort his soul (his birth and death originally took place on November 15 of the old calendar but the festival is held on November 15 of the Gregorian calendar).
Japanese: 祭神の中には京都で暗殺された坂本龍馬も含まれており、境内に銅像が作られているほか、誕生日であり命日でもある11月15日には、龍馬の遺徳を偲び霊を慰める龍馬祭が行われる（誕生日・命日は本来は旧暦11月15日だが、祭は新暦11月15日に行われる）。
English: As well as Ryoma SAKAMOTO, Shintaro NAKAOKA, Mikisaburo RAI, Unpin UMEDA, Torataro YOSHIMURA and Kuniomi HIRANO are also enshrined.
Japanese: 龍馬のほかに、中岡慎太郎、頼三樹三郎、梅田雲浜、吉村寅太郎、平野国臣らが祭神として祀られている。
English: The 50th anniversary of the independence of India is commemorated within the precinct and there is a monument honoring the Indian judge Radha Binod Pal, the lone justice on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East to find all the defendants not guilty.
Japanese: 境内にはインド独立50周年を記念し、極東国際軍事裁判にて、ただ一人、被告全員の無罪を唱えたインド代表判事ラダ・ビノード・パールの顕彰碑などが建立されている。
English: 10 minutes walk from the JR West Kyoto Station, Keihan Electric Railways Shijo Station (Keihan), Hankyu Corporation Kawaramachi Station (Kyoto Prefecture) or the 'Higashiyama Yasui' bus stop on the Kyoto City Bus route to Gion.
Japanese: 西日本旅客鉄道京都駅、京阪電気鉄道四条駅(京阪)、阪急電鉄河原町駅(京都府)より、京都市営バス祇園方面行き「東山安井」下車徒歩10分。