Daizenji Tamataregu

Quick facts

Address

1463-1 Miyamoto, Daizenjimachi, Kurume, Fukuoka

Spiritual entities

Hachiman (八幡神)

About this place

Daizenji Tamataregu is in Kurume, Fukuoka. Its deities are Tamatare no Mikoto, also called Tono Otodo and Kora Tamatare Daibosatsu, together with the Hachiman deity and the Sumiyoshi deity; its founding is transmitted as some nineteen hundred years ago. The attached temple Kohoji, renamed Daizenji in 814, was opened in 672 by the Hosso-school monk Antai. With the suppression of Buddhism in 1869 the Daizenji was abolished and only the Tamataregu remained, as it stands today. Within the precinct are Sano no Kami, for the tying of bonds, harmony between husband and wife, success in examinations and prosperity in business, and Ikime Hachimangu, a deity of the eyes.

Origin and history

Its deities are Tamatare no Mikoto, also called Tono Otodo and Kora Tamatare Daibosatsu, together with the Hachiman deity and the Sumiyoshi deity; the founding is transmitted as some nineteen hundred years ago.

The attached temple Kohoji, renamed Daizenji in 814, was opened in 672 by the Hosso-school monk Antai.

With the suppression of Buddhism in 1869 the Daizenji was abolished and only the Tamataregu remained, as it stands today.

What it is locally associated with

• Origin

  The temple abolished, the shrine left

  With the suppression of Buddhism in 1869 the Daizenji was abolished and only the Tamataregu remained.

  documented history

• Origin

  Some nineteen hundred years ago

  Its deities are Tamatare, Hachiman and Sumiyoshi, and the founding is transmitted as some nineteen hundred years ago.

  folk tradition

• What people do here

  A deity of the eyes in the precinct

  Within the precinct are Sano no Kami, for bonds and business, and Ikime Hachimangu, a deity of the eyes.

  documented history

This shrine’s name still contains something that no longer exists. Daizenji Tamataregu — Daizenji is the temple’s name, Tamataregu the shrine’s. With the suppression of Buddhism in 1869 the Daizenji was abolished and only the Tamataregu remained, as the shrine itself records. It goes on calling itself by both, keeping the name of the half that was destroyed. On this list Nanzo-in in Fukuoka records the Meiji order abolishing its sacred sites, and Hikosan Jingu its renaming at the separation of gods and buddhas.

The temple half has its own beginning here too. Kohoji was opened in 672 by the Hosso monk Antai and renamed Daizenji in 814, while the shrine’s founding is put at some nineteen hundred years ago. Temple and shrine are measured on different scales of time.

Other shrines stand in the precinct, and it is those that carry stated wishes. Sano no Kami for the tying of bonds, harmony between husband and wife, success in examinations and prosperity in business; Ikime Hachimangu, a deity of the eyes. These belong to the precinct shrines, not to the Tamataregu itself, which states none — and so this page assigns no tag to it.

On eyes: Tsubosaka-dera in Nara calls itself the temple that seals off eye disease. Two places on this list answer to one part of the body.

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Sources

1. 大善寺玉垂宮 — Daizenji Tamataregu (accessed 2026-08-15)