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English: Founded in 1659 by Naoyoshi FUJIBAYASHI (Sogen), who was a master of the tea ceremony and was also a vassal of Sadamasa KATAGIRI, the second lord of the Koizumi Domain, this temple became the invocatory temple of the Koizumi clan.
Japanese: 万治2年（1659年）、小泉藩第2代藩主片桐貞昌の家臣で茶人でもあった藤林直良（宗源）が創建し、小泉氏の祈願寺となった。
English: According to the writing ''Soban-ki'' by the monk Gyokusyu of Daitoku-ji Temple, a Shomen-kongo statue was found under ashes when Sadamasa's father Sadataka KATAGIRI burned the household furniture, and this statue went on to become the principal object of worship of the temple.
Japanese: 大徳寺玉舟和尚の筆による縁起「宗鐇記」によると、貞昌の父片桐貞隆が家蔵の什器を焼き捨てたとき灰の中から青面金剛像一体が発見され、この像が後に本尊になったという。
English: Based on the educational system in August in 1872, the elementary school, which had borrowed the residence of Hisayasu YAMAMOTO, started on December 23 in 1873, was transferred to the warehouse of this temple in February 1874, and remained as a school until it moved to the residence of Gyokan JO in February 1876.
Japanese: 明治5年8月の学制に基づき、同6年12月23目に山本寿保邸を借用して開校されていた小学修道館が、同7年2月当院倉庫に移転して、同9年2月城行換邸に移転するまで教場となっていた。
English: Katsuragi Futakami-jinja Shrine (or Katsuragi Nijo-jinja Shrine) is located around the top of the Mt. Odake in the Nijo-zan mountain range (Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture) in Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 葛木二上神社（かつらぎふたかみじんじゃ、かつらぎにじょうじんじゃ）は、奈良県葛城市の二上山(奈良県・大阪府)雄岳山頂付近にある神社である。
English: The shrine is also known as Futakami-jinja Shrine or as Katsuraginiimasu Futakami no-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 二上神社、葛木坐二上神社（かつらぎにいますふたかみのじんじゃ）とも呼ばれる。
English: According to a legend, a ceremony for kanjo (the ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location) was held to transfer Toyofutsunomitama no Kami and Okunitama no Kami to Isonokami-jingu Shrine and Oyamato-jinja Shrine respectively.
Japanese: 豊布都霊神が石上神宮に、大国魂神が大和神社に勧請されたという伝承がある。
English: Regarding the deity name 'Toyofutsunomitama no Kami,' it is unknown why the word 'Toyo' is attached to the head of the well known name 'Futsunomitama' (the sacred sword given by Amaterasu Omikami [the Sun Goddess] to Emperor Jinmu).
Japanese: 豊布都霊神については布都御魂の名が有名だが、何故「豊」が名前に付くのかは不明。
English: "Jinja yoroku" (Main records of shrines) and "Jingishi" (the part of "Dainihonshi" [Great history of Japan] about divinity) mention 'Takemikazuchi no mikoto, Okuninushi no mikoto' and 'Kinotoyofutsunomitama no Kami, Daikokushin' respectively.
Japanese: 『神社要録』には「武甕槌命、大国主命」、『神祇志』には「紀豊布都霊神、大国神」と記載されている。
English: It seems that a god and a goddess had originally been enshrined at each top of Mt. Oyama and Mt. Meyama in the Nijo-zan mountain range.
Japanese: 元々は二上山の2つの山頂・雄山と雌山にそれぞれ男神・女神が祀られていたものとみられる。
English: There is a layer of Sanuki-gan stone (Sanukaite) (a kind of bronzite andesite), of which stone tools can be made, in the ground under the Nijo-zan mountain range, and therefore, it is believed that people had lived around there since ancient times.
Japanese: 二上山には石器の素材となる讃岐岩（サヌカイト）の層があり、古くから周辺に人が住んでいたものとみられる。
English: The first literature record of the shrine can be found in "Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku" (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts) which states that the Jugoi (Junior Fifth Rank) shinkai (rank granted to Shinto deities) was bestowed upon the shrine on January 27, 859.
Japanese: 文献の初出は、『日本三代実録』の貞観(日本)元年（859年）正月27日条、当社に従五位の神階を授けるという記述である。
English: The Engishiki Jinmyocho (a register of shrines in Japan) mentions 'Katsuragi Futakami-jinja shrine enshrining two gods in Katsuraginoshimo County, Yamato Province' and lists the shrine as a taisha (grand shrine).
Japanese: 延喜式神名帳では「大和国葛下郡葛木二上神社二座」と記載され、大社に列している。
English: Taima-dera fukin-ezu' (a picture of the scenery around the Taima-dera temple) housed in the Nakano-bo Hall of Taima-dera temple revealed that there was a yashiro (shrine) enshrining Shinjya-daio (Ryuo [dragon-king]) on Mt. Medake in the Nijo-zan mountain range.
Japanese: 当麻寺中之坊所蔵の「当麻寺付近絵図」には二上山の雌岳に神蛇大王（竜王）を祭る社もあったことが記されている。
English: According to a legend, the yashiro was transferred to Nakano-bo Hall and is currently enshrined as a chinju (local Shinto deity), and the shrine became a shoshi (a small shrine) of Ryuo-sha which was a massha (a small shrine belonging to the main shrine) belonging to Inari-jinja shrine located within the precincts of the temple.
Japanese: 現在は中之坊鎮守として遷座され、境内稲荷神社末社に竜王社の小祠となったとの伝承がある。
English: In the early-modern times, the shrine was called 'Take no Gongen (avatar of the gods enshrined in the mountain)' and it was considered to be an ujigami (a guardian god or spirit of a particular place in the Shinto religion) of dozens of villages in the mountain community where watercourses descending from the Nijo mountain range were used.
Japanese: 近世には当社は「岳の権現」と呼ばれ、二上山からの水流を利用する数十か村の岳郷の氏神であった。
English: A small goshintai (object of worship housed in a Shinto shrine and believed to contain the spirit of a deity) made of sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto) is placed in the current shaden (a shrine building), which once burnt down in a great fire in the Nijo mountain range in 1974 before being rebuilt in the following year, 1975.
Japanese: 現在の社殿は、1974年（昭和49年）の二上山大火で焼失し、翌1975年に再建されたもので、内部には小さな榊の御神体がある。
English: The enshrined deity Okunitama no kami is also enshrined as an aidonoshin (an enshrined deity other than the main enshrined deity) in Katsuragisitoriniimasu Amenohaikazuchinomikoto-jinja Shrine (Shizuri-jinja shrine) at the base of the mountain range.
Japanese: 山麓の葛木倭文坐天羽雷命神社（倭文神社）に、相殿神として当社の大国魂神が祀られている。
English: In a year of drought, the people in the mountain community climbed up the mountain prayed for rain by chanting "The god of the mountain likes flags. Let's bring flags to the god to ask for rain."
Japanese: 旱魃の年には岳郷によって「嶽の神様幟がお好き、幟持てこい、雨降らせ」と唱和して雨乞いの登山が行われた。
English: When entering the shrine precinct, it is necessary to pay 200 yen for the beautification and maintenance of the shrine.
Japanese: 境内（雄岳山頂）に立ち入るには美化保存協力金200円を神社に支払う必要がある。
English: Katsurakisitoriniimasu Amenohaikazuchinomikoto-jinja shrine is located at the base of Mt. Nijo (Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture) in Katsuragi City (former Taima-Cho), Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 葛木倭文座天羽雷命神社（かつらきしとりにいますあめのはいかづちのみことじんじゃ）は、奈良県葛城市（旧當麻町）の二上山(奈良県・大阪府)山麓にある神社である。
English: Amahaikazuchi no mikoto is the shusaijin (main enshrined deity) of the shrine, where Kamori-jinja shrine (enshrining Amenooshihito no mikoto) and Futakami-jinja shrine (enshrining Kunitama [the spirit of the land]) are enshrined in a sessha (auxiliary shrines dedicated to deities closely-related to that of a main shrine) in the right and left halls respectively.
Japanese: 天羽雷命（あまはいかづちのみこと）を主祭神とし、右殿に摂社・掃守神社（天忍人命）、左殿に摂社・二上神社（国魂）を配祀する。
English: The shrine is considered to be the root of Shizuri-jinja Shrines located throughout Japan because Amahaikazuchi no mikoto is a soshin (ancestor honored as god) of the Shizuri clan who introduced the arts of weaving and sewing to various regions.
Japanese: 天羽雷命は各地に機織や裁縫の技術を伝えた倭文氏の祖神で、当社は日本各地にある倭文神社の根本の神社とされる。
English: Amenooshihito no mikoto is said to be the deity who cleaned up the meconium (蟹; kani) when Ugayafukiaezu was born, and its descendants were called the Kamori (蟹守) clan (Kamori can be written using other characters including 掃部, 加守 and 狩森).
Japanese: 天忍人命はウガヤフキアエズ生誕のときにその胎便（「蟹」と呼ばれる）を掃除したという神で、その子孫は蟹守（かもり）氏（掃部、加守、狩森などとも）と称した。
English: The shrine had been known as 'Kamori (加守)-myoujin shrine' until the Edo period because the name of the place around the shrine, 'Kamori' (加守),' derived from the word Kamori (蟹守).
Japanese: 附近の「加守」という地名も蟹守に由来するもので、当社は江戸時代まで「加守明神」と呼ばれていた。
English: The first literature record of the shrine can be found in "Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku" (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts) which states that the Jugoi (Junior Fifth Rank) shinkai (rank granted to Shinto gods) was bestowed upon the shrine on January 27, 859.
Japanese: 文献の初出は、『日本三代実録』の貞観(日本)元年（859年）正月27日条、当社に従五位の神階を授けるという記述である。
English: The Engishiki Jinmyocho (a register of shrines in Japan) mentions 'Katsurakisitoriniimasu Amenohaikazuchinomikoto-jinja Shrine in Katsuraginoshimo County, Yamato Province' and lists the shrine as a taisha (grand shrine) (however, Hakanishi-jinja Shrine is considered to be a ronja [shrines considered to be descendants of a shikinaisha] belonging to Amenohaikazuchinomikoto-jinja Shrine).
Japanese: 延喜式神名帳では「大和国葛下郡葛木倭文坐天羽雷命神社」と記載され、大社に列している（ただし、葛木倭文坐天羽雷命神社については葛城市新庄町の博西神社も論社とされている）。
English: In 1873, the shrine was listed as a sonsha, before being designated a Shinsenheihakuryokyoshin-sha (Sonsha or Gosha [village shrine] which could receive a sinsenheihakuryo fee [fee for offerings to a god] from a prefecture by an imperial edict) in 1907.
Japanese: 明治6年（1873年）に村社に列格し、明治40年（1907年）に神饌幣帛料供進社に指定された。
English: The Katsuraki Imasu Hono Ikazuchi-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Fuefuki, Katsuraki City (former Fuefuki, Shinjo-cho), Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 葛木坐火雷神社（かつらきいますほのいかづちじんじゃ）は、奈良県葛城市笛吹（旧新庄町笛吹）にある神社である。
English: The main deity of the shrine is Hono-Ikazuchi-no-O-Kami, while Amaterasu-no-O-Mi-Kami, Takamimusubi, Ninigi-no-Mikoto and Ikohitobe-no-Mikoto are enshrined as joint tutelars.
Japanese: 火雷大神と天香山命を主祭神とし、天照大神・タカミムスビ・ニニギ・伊古比都幣命を配祀する。
English: The deity originally enshrined at Katsuraki Imasu Honoikazuchi-jinja Shrine was Hono-Ikazuchi-no-O-Kami, and Ame-no-Kaguyama-no-Mikoto was the deity enshrined at Fuefuki-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 葛木坐火雷神社の元々の祭神は火雷大神で、天香山命は笛吹神社の祭神である。
English: The time in which the shrine was founded is unknown but Shrine legend tells that it was established during the reign of Emperor Jinmu.
Japanese: 創建の年代は不詳であるが、社伝では神代とも神武天皇の御代とも伝える。
English: The first written reference to the shrine appears in "Montoku Tenno Jitsuroku" (The True History of Emperor Montoku of Japan), which states that the shrine was granted the Senior Third Rank on April in 852.
Japanese: 文献の初出は『文徳天皇実録』の仁寿2年（852年）4月、正三位の神階を授けるという記述である。
English: According to "Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku" (The True History of Three Reigns of Japan), the shrine was awarded the Junior Second Rank on January 27 in 859.
Japanese: 『日本三代実録』によれば貞観(日本)元年（859年）正月27日に従二位の神階を授けられた。
English: The Engishiki Jinmyocho (a list of shrines) describes the shrine as 'upper and lower Katsuraki Imasu Hono Ikazuchi-jinja Shrines in Oshimi-no-Kori or Oshimi-gun in Yamato Province,' ranks it as a Myojin Taisha (shrine dedicated to a famed deity), states that it receives offerings at the Tsukinami, Ainame, Niiname Ceremonies.
Japanese: 延喜式神名帳では「大和国忍海郡葛木坐火雷神社二座」と記載され、名神大社に列し、月次・相嘗・新嘗の弊帛に預ると記されている。
English: According to Shinto tradition, the power of the shrine declined during the Heian Period, and it is said to have become the auxiliary shrine of Fuefuki-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 社伝では、平安時代に社勢が衰え、当地にあった笛吹神社の末社になったと伝える。
English: Behind the main hall (honden) is a burial mound which is said to be the grave of Taketasaku-no-Mikoto, the father of Kajiko (the ancestor of Fuefuki Muraji).
Japanese: 本殿の背後に古墳があり、笛吹連の祖・櫂子の父である建多析命の墓であると伝えられている。
English: In 1874, Honoikazuchi-jinja shrine, which had been the auxiliary shrine of Fuefuki-jinja Shrine, was enshrined along with Fuefuki-jinja Shrine, and the name of the shrine was changed to Katsuraki Imasu Honoikazuchi-jinja Shrine, becoming ranked as a Gosha.
Japanese: 1874年（明治7年）、笛吹神社の末社であった火雷社を笛吹神社に合祀し、社名を葛木坐火雷神社に改め、郷社に列格した。
English: Katsuragimiagata-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Katsuragi, Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture (former Shinjo-cho).
Japanese: 葛城御県神社（かつらぎみあがたじんじゃ）は、奈良県葛城市葛木（旧新庄町）にある神社である。
English: However the original enshrined deity was Amatsuhiko Hikohono Ninigi no Mikoto, with Tsurugine no Mikoto being enshrined in 1872.
Japanese: ただし、元々の祭神は天津日高日子番能瓊瓊杵命であり、劔根命は明治5年に祀られたものである。
English: In Nihon-shoki, Tsurugine no Mikoto is said to be a person who was appointed governor of Kazuragi Provincein honor of his exploits during the Jinmu tosei (Eastern expedition of Emperor Jinmu).
Japanese: 劔根命は、日本書紀に神武東征の論功行将により葛城国造に任じられたと記される人物である。
English: In the Engishiki Jinmyocho (a register of shrines in Japan), it is described as 'Katsuragimiagata-jinja Shrine, Katsuraginoshimo County, Yamato Province', and ranked as taisha (grand shrine).
Japanese: 延喜式神名帳に「大和国葛下郡葛木御縣神社」と記載され、大社に列している。
English: Hachiozan Saikoji-Temple was built within the shrine precinct at one point and the shrine subsequently went into decline.
Japanese: いつの時代からか境内に八王山西光寺が建立され、後に神社の方は衰えた。
English: In 1601, the feudal load KUWAYAMA made a branch shrine of Morokuwa-jinja Shrine (in present Aisai City) for a deity in Misayama (Mausoleum of Emperor Iitoyo, unconfirmed) and then enshrined Katsuragimiagata-jinja Shrine together.
Japanese: 1601年（慶長6年）、当地の領主桑山氏は諸鍬神社(愛西市)を三才山（伝飯豊天皇陵）に勧請し、それに当社を合祀した。
English: In 1864, an attempt was made to separate Katsuragimiagata-jinja Shrine from Morokuwa-jinja Shrine, and return it to where it once stood but Saiko-ji Temple was already standing there so it was transferred to its current site west of the temple.
Japanese: 1864年（元治元年）、葛城御県神社を諸鍬神社より分離し旧社地に復しようとしたが、その地には西光寺があるため、その西の現在地に遷座した。
English: The first enshrinement date is unknown, however, hohei (offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god) were conducted not only four times a year at Shikinai-sha (shrine listed in Engishiki laws), but also during extraordinary festivals of Myojin-taisha Shrine.
Japanese: 創祀年代不詳であるが、式内社で年4度の奉幣のほか名神大社として臨時大祭にも奉幣があった。
English: The shrine was given the divine rank of Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade in 784 and the divine rank of Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade in 863, then designated as a gosha (a village shrine) in 1882 and a prefectural shrine in 1915.
Japanese: 延暦3年（784年）従五位下、貞観(日本)5年（863年）従四位下の神階を授けられ、明治15年（1882年）に郷社、大正4年（1915年）に県社に列格した。
English: It has been said that this place came to be called Haido since Iwatsukiwake-no-Mikoto came to the place to learn Amenaru-Michi (Way of Heaven) conveyed by Sarutahiko (Shinto god) and he worshipped in the morning and evening from afar Mio Daimyojin deity which enshrined Sarutahiko no mikoto.
Japanese: 磐衝別命は猿田彦の天成神道を学ぶため当地に来住し、朝夕猿田彦命を祀る三尾大明神を遙拝されたのでこの地を拜戸と言うようになったと伝わる。
English: After Iwatsukiwake-no-Mikoto's death, his son, Iwakiwake no mikoto buried his father at Mt. Mio, where he founded a main shrine.
Japanese: 磐衝別命が亡くなった後にその子である磐城別命は磐衝別命を三尾山に葬り本神社を創建した。
English: 100 years later, the 11th prince of Emperor Ojin, Hayabusawake no Miko also visited Haido to learn Amenaru-Michi.
Japanese: 以後百年後、応神天皇の第11皇子速総別王も天成神道を学ぶため拜戸を訪れた。
English: Hikoushio, a fourth generation descendant of Hayabusawake no Miko, took Furihime, the fifth generation descendant of Iwakiwake no mikoto, as an empress from Echizen Province.
Japanese: 速総別王の4世孫である彦主人王は、磐城別命の5世孫の振姫を越前國から迎えて妃とした。
English: Furihime delivered triplets, Amanoatobeo, Oatobeo and Oatobeo without any complications at a hall of worship of the main shrine.
Japanese: 振姫は本社拝殿を産所として、天迹部王、男迹部王、太迹部王の3児を同時に安産した。
English: Chikurin-in Temple is a nonsectarian temple located in Yoshinoyama, Yoshino Town, Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 竹林院（ちくりんいん）は、奈良県吉野郡吉野町吉野山にある単立の寺院。
English: According to temple legend, it was founded by Prince Shotoku and called Chinzan-ji Temple, and later between 810 and 824 was resided in by Kukai who named it Josen-ji Temple.
Japanese: 寺伝によれば、聖徳太子が開創して椿山寺と号し、その後弘仁年間（810年～824年）空海が入り常泉寺と称したという。
English: Due to the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism in the first year of Meiji period, in 1874, the temple was abolished, but later, it was reconstructed as a Tendai-shu sect temple, and in 1948, after World War II, it became a Shugendo (Japanese ascetic and shamanistic practice in mountainous sites) linage nonsectarian temple.
Japanese: 明治初年の神仏分離に伴い1874年（明治7年）廃寺となったが、その後天台宗の寺院として復興、第二次世界大戦後の1948年（昭和23年）現在の修験道系統の単立寺院となった。
English: Although the Futodama is the shusaijin (main enshrined deities) at present, Ukano-mitama was considered as the enshrined deity until the Meiji Period.
Japanese: 現在はフトダマが主祭神とされているが、明治時代まではウカノミタマが祭神と考えられていた。
English: The "Tokusen Sinmyocho" (The commentary book of many shrines) assumes that the name of the shrine, 'Nahaka', was associable with Ukanomitama no mikoto, the god of rice.
Japanese: 『侍選神名牒』では、「苗鹿」という社名から稲の神・宇賀御玉命が附会されたものであろうとしている。
English: The 'Nahaka Daimyojin' (honji-butsu [original Buddhist divinity] is Amida Nyorai [Amitabha Tathagata]), the twenty-ninth god of Sanjuban shin, means the enshrined deity of this shrine.
Japanese: 三十番神の第29番「苗鹿大明神」（本地仏阿弥陀如来）は当社祭神のことである。
English: Ochiwake no mikoto, the earliest ancestor of the Ozuki clan is enshrined together (in the other opinion, Imaonosukune, the enshrined deity of Ogoto-jinja Shrine of Otsu city).
Japanese: 相殿に小槻氏の始祖である於知別命を祀る（一説には雄琴神社(大津市)祭神・今雄宿禰）。
English: Although the relationship between the Nahaka-jinja Shrine and the Nahaka-aramitami-jinja is Honsha (the main shrine) and Massha (the subordinate shrine) at present, the Nahaka-jinja Shrine used to be the lower shrine and the Nahaka-aramitami-jinja used to be the upper shrine.
Japanese: 現在は本社・末社という関係になっているが、かつては那波加神社が下宮、荒魂社が上宮であった。
English: Then, a deer appeared to help agricultural affairs of Ame no Futotama no Mikoto and carried rice plants, and that is the origin of the shrine's name as well as the place name of 'Nahaka' which literally means rice plant and a deer.
Japanese: その際、天大玉命の農事を助けるために鹿が現れ、稲の苗を背負って運んだので「なはか（苗鹿）」という社名・地名になったという。
English: It is said that a sanctuary was constructed in 632 and Aratamasha in 807.
Japanese: 天智天皇7年（632年）に社殿造営、大同(日本)2年（807年）に荒魂社が造営されたと伝えられる。
English: Since Ogotoso was given to Ozuki Imao no Sukune in 851, Hoko-ji Temple, which was constructed as Uji-dera Temple (temple built for praying clan's glory), regarding this shrine and Ogoto-jinja Shrine as ujigami (a guardian god or spirit of a particular place in the Shinto religion), became the Betto-ji Temple (a temple attached to a shrine) for this temple.
Japanese: 仁寿元年（851年）、小槻宿禰今雄が雄琴荘を拝領して以降、当社と雄琴神社と氏神とし、氏寺として建立した法光寺が当社別当寺となった。
English: It promoted to a village shrine in October 1876, a regional shrine in January 1895, and a prefectural shrine in May 1902.
Japanese: 明治9年10月に村社に列格し、明治28年1月に郷社に、明治35年5月に県社に昇格した。
English: It is said that the first nunnery temple in Japan was Sakurai-ji Temple (the predecessor of Toyura-dera Temple) where Zenshin-ni, who is said to be the first nun of Japan, had lived.
Japanese: 日本最初の尼とされている善信尼が住んだとされる桜井寺（豊浦寺の前身）が日本最初の尼寺とされる。
English: It is said that Prince Shotoku opened four nunnery temples including Tachibana-dera Temple and Gyogi also founded nunnery temples.
Japanese: 聖徳太子が橘寺など4ヶ所の尼寺を開き、行基も尼寺を創建したと伝えられる。
English: Although Emperor Shomu built Kokubun-ni-ji Temple with Hokke-ji Temple as a Grand Head Temple in the Nara period, women could not become nuns officially due to prohibition of women's Jukai (handing down the precepts) at Kaidan (Buddhist ordination platform) placed in Japan around the same time and nunnery temples including Kokubun-niji Temple immediately disappeared.
Japanese: 奈良時代に聖武天皇が法華寺を総本山として国分尼寺を建立したが、同時期に日本に設置された戒壇では、女性の授戒を禁じたために、女性は正式に尼になることが出来ず、国分尼寺をはじめとした尼寺もほどなく衰退した。
English: In 818, official documents issued by Daijokan (Grand Council of State) permitted men to enter the nunnery temples which forbid the entrance of men only during the daytime.
Japanese: 弘仁9年（818年）に男子禁制の筈の尼寺に昼間に限って男子の出入りが許される太政官符が出される。
English: Nuns came to be officially admitted again during the Kamakura period when the Ritsu sect and Zen sect permitted women to hand down the precepts to followers from their ordination platform.
Japanese: 鎌倉時代に律宗や禅宗は自派の独自の戒壇で女性の授戒を許して以後、尼が再び公式に認められるようになる。
English: In addition, aside from Ama-dera/Niji-gozan, the temples called Bikuni-gosho and Ama-monzeki also came about, which accepted the daughters of Imperial Family or Sekkan-ke (the families which produced regents).
Japanese: また、これとは別に皇族や摂関家の息女が入寺する比丘尼御所・尼門跡と呼ばれる寺院も出現するようになった。
English: It is listed in the "Engishiki," and the name ''Ako Myojin'' also appears in the "Jinmyocho" which is read aloud at Omizutori (Water-Drawing-Ceremony) of Nigatsu-do (the Hall of the Second Month).
Japanese: 「延喜式」所載の神社で、二月堂のお水取りの際に読み上げられる神名帳にも「赤穂明神」とある。
English: According to Nihonshoki (The Chronicles of Japan), Tochi-no-Hime-Miko was buried on April 14 in 678, and Hikami-no-O-Toji in 682 in ''Ako'' district, which is considered very likely to be this area.
Japanese: 天武天皇6年（678年）4月14日に十市皇女を、天武天皇10年（682年）に氷上大刀自を「赤穂」の地に葬ったと日本書紀に書かれており、その赤穂としてこの地が有力とされている。
English: There is also an oral tradition that it ''enshrines a noble princess,'' and is therefore believed to provide miraculous protection to women.
Japanese: 「高貴の姫君を祀る」との口碑伝承もあり、女性守護の霊験があるとされている。
English: This district used to be called ''Sakurada'' (cherry blossom field), noted for its cherry blossoms, and it is said the shrine once held a territory of several hundred square meters.
Japanese: もとは「桜田」とよばれる一帯で、桜の名所としても知られ数百坪程の社地があったという。
English: It fell into ruin following the Meiji Restoration, and it is said that most of the nearly 200 families and priests departed, leaving behind nothing but mud walls, Tatsuo HORI and other writers expressed sorrows in their literary works.
Japanese: 明治維新を機に荒廃し、200戸近い家々・禰宜の大半が離散し築地塀のみが虚しく残ったといい、堀辰雄らが哀惜の詩文を残したとされる。
English: The shrine was restored by local volunteers saddened by the situation, and they merged Tenmangu Shrine with Benzaiten Shrine and placed it to the left of Ako-jinja Shrine to bring the two shrines together on the same site.
Japanese: これを嘆いた地元の有志によって復興が進められ、天満宮と弁才天社を合祀して赤穂神社の左に配し、二社並存という形とした。
English: Since 1930, it has existed as a detached shrine of Nanto Kagami-jinja Shrine, which is located near Yakushi-ji Temple.
Japanese: 1930年、この近所にある新薬師寺のそばの南都鏡神社の別社として現在に至る。
English: From JR Nara station, take a ''City Circular'' bus or a ''Central Circular'' Nara Kotsu bus, get off at ''Wariishi-cho,'' and walk eastward for 5 minutes.
Japanese: JR奈良駅から奈良交通バス「市内循環」又は「中循環」で「破石町」下車東へ徒歩5分
English: According to legend Hime-zuka, is a 'the grave of a noble princesses,' and "Nihon Shoki" (Chronicles of Japan) states that 'Emperor Tenmu buried Tochi no Himemiko on April 14, 678 and Hikami no Iratsume (his wife) in 682 in the land of Ako (currently Hyogo Prefecture)', and it is thought that the 'noble princesses' may refer to these two individuals..
Japanese: 比売塚は古くから「高貴の姫君の墓」と語り伝えられており、日本書紀の記載にある「天武天皇6年（678年）4月14日に十市皇女を、天武天皇10年（682年）に氷上娘を「赤穂」の地に葬った」とされるこの二人ではないかと考えられている。
English: In 1920 Hime-zuka became national property and placed under the management of the Nara Finance Bureau Ministry of Finance's but a shrine was built there when local volunteers were successfully granted Hime-zuka by the ministry.
Japanese: 1920年代に比売塚は国有となって奈良財務局の管理下におかれたが、地元の有志の奔走によって奈良財務局から比売塚の払い下げを受けたのを機に、そこに神社を造営することとなった。
English: It was decided that the 29.7-square-meter Hime-zuka would be donated to Shin-Yakushi-ji Temple, and the shinden (main shrine) would be a sessha of Nantokagami-jinja Shrine and perform its religious services.
Japanese: 比売塚の現形9坪を新薬師寺に寄進し、神殿・祭祀を南都鏡神社の摂社として委任することとした。
English: In the summer of 1980 a ground-breaking ceremony was held with the cooperation of Shin-Yakushi-ji Temple and Kagami-jinja Shrine, and at the end of that year the topping out ceremony was held.
Japanese: 1980年夏、新薬師寺・鏡神社の協力により地鎮祭が、同年末に上棟祭が行われた。
English: The enshrinement ceremony was held in 1981 on the death anniversary of Tochi no Himemiko, May 10, marking the birth of Hime-gamisha Shrine enshrining Tochi no Himemiko.
Japanese: 1981年、十市皇女の命日である4月7日を新暦に換算した日である5月10日に鎮座奉祝祭が斎行され、十市皇女を祀る比売神社が誕生した。
English: There is a red gate about 1.5m from the front of the shinden, which remains closed so no one can enter.
Japanese: 社殿の正面1.5mぐらいのところに朱塗りの門があり、その門は閉ざされていてそこから中に入ることはできないようになっている。
English: A bell attached to the shinden is connected to the gate by rope, and worshippers pull on that rope to ring the bell.
Japanese: 社殿に付いている鈴と、その門とが紐で結ばれており、参拝者は門前からその紐をゆらして鈴を鳴らすようになっている。
English: Kamukata-ishi (stone god statue) - To the left facing the shinden, there is a stone approximately 1.5m tall with the engraving of a couple leaning happily close to each other, and the 'Kamukata-ishi' which enshrines four generations of emperors from Prince Otomo to Omi no Mifune and their corresponding empresses, beginning with Princess Tochi, is placed to the left of that stone.
Japanese: 神像石--社殿の正面向かって左側に、男女が睦まじく肩を寄せあっている像が彫られた高さ1.5mぐらいの石があり、その左に「神像石（かむかたいし）」という、大友皇子・十市皇女から淡海三船までの4代とそれぞれの妃を祀った石が置かれている。
English: In addition there is a place to hang ema (votive horse tablets), housing numerous ema belonging to people wishing for good matches.
Japanese: そのほか、社殿の脇に絵馬を掛ける場所があり、良縁を願う人々の絵馬が多数掛かっている。