Hasshinden

The  was the first shrine of the Engishiki Jinmyōchō. It was located in the western hall of the Department of Divinities.

Its name literally means Hall of eight deities. This is because it has eight  for eight gods.

These are the eight gods of the shrine:

 Engishiki Shrine Registry  Kogo Shūi kanji Hall  Name Kanji First Hall  神産日神 神皇産霊神 Second Hall  高御産日神 高皇産霊神 Third Hall  Tama-tsume-musubi-no-Kami玉積産日神 魂留産霊 Fourth Hall  生産日神 生産霊 Fifth Hall  Taru-musubi-no-Kami足産日神 足産霊 Sixth Hall  Ōmiya-no-Me-no-Kami大宮売神 大宮売神 Seventh Hall  Miketsu-no-Kami 御食津神 御膳神 Eighth Hall  Kotoshironushi-no-Mikoto事代主神 事代主神
The first five gods of the Hasshinden are Musubi gods. They have the word Musubi in them which means cosmic creation.

The Hasshinden and the  were both very important large shrines of multiple gods in the Department of Divinities. But the Hasshinden was seen as cosmically important and Ikasuri protected only the building.

 History 
The Hasshinden was the most important Shinto Shrine in all of Japan for a long time. So many people fought over it.

In the medieval period the  controlled it. It was central to the Jingikandai, or the reduced Department of Divinities that existed in Medieval Japan.

It was destroyed in the Ōnin War (1467-1477). Then during the Edo period the  and Yoshida family both made their own Hasshindens. Each family said their one was the real one.Shinto : a history : Hardacre, Helen, 1949- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Chapter 7 The Yoshida family made theirs in Yoshida Shrinehttps://ualberta.scholaris.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/25c2b749-0971-42d0-a8e9-b4c002295513/content and the  made it in their mansion.

During the Meiji Restoration both Hasshindens became part of the .

 References 

Category:Shikinaisha in the Imperial Palace
Category:Sōja shrines
Category:Shikinai Taisha