Emperor Chuai (仲哀天皇)
Legendary fourteenth emperor, husband of Empress Jingu and father of Emperor Ojin, enshrined with them at some Hachiman shrines.
Emperor Chuai is counted as the fourteenth emperor in the traditional order and belongs to the legendary part of that list rather than to documented history. What matters at the shrines that enshrine him is his position in a family: he is the husband of Empress Jingu and the father of Emperor Ojin, who is the Hachiman deity. Where all three are enshrined together, as at Omiya Hachimangu in Suginami, the shrine tends to speak of the bond between them as the reason people come to ask about marriage, childbirth and raising children.
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ShrineAna Hachimangu
- Fertility & Children
- Money & Prosperity
- Skill & Mastery
A Waseda shrine named for a cave found in its hillside in 1641, which gives out an amulet for the circulation of money for six weeks each winter and nothing the rest of the year.
ShrineKashiigu
- Family & Home
- Fertility & Children
- Protection & Safety
It began when Empress Jingu built a shrine with her own hands for the spirit of her husband Emperor Chuai, and a second hall for the empress herself was later added on her own oracle.
ShrineFuuji Hachimangu
- Money & Prosperity
- Protection & Safety
From Ita no Okami to Kaze no Miya to Ita Tenaga Taisha and at last Fuuji Hachimangu — a name two lords each added a character to.
ShrineNouso Hachimangu
- Exams & Study
- Family & Home
- Money & Prosperity
It began when Empress Jingu, on her way back from the campaign in the three Han, chose the grove of Nouso as sacred ground; the word people spoke at the parting gave the town of Iizuka its name.
ShrineOmiya Hachimangu
- Fertility & Children
- Protection & Safety
- Bonds & Matchmaking
A large wooded shrine in Suginami, founded in 1063 by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi after he read a bank of white cloud as the banners of his own clan, and known for child-rearing and warding.