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.
AI-assisted research. Check official sources before you travel.About
2 placesOpen in the full map
Places in this collection
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.
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.