Konda Hachimangu

Shrine · Osaka

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In short

It sits on the round rear mound of Emperor Ojin’s tomb, and its history began from the devotion of guarding and serving that tomb.

The worship hall of Konda Hachimangu in Habikino. — Saigen Jiro / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Quick facts

Address: 3-2-8 Konda, Habikino, Osaka
Spiritual entities: Hachiman (八幡神)

About this place

Konda Hachimangu is in Habikino, Osaka. It stands on the round rear mound of the tomb of Emperor Ojin — the deity worshipped as Hachiman at some forty-four thousand shrines across the country. The tomb was built around the fourth and fifth centuries, and the shrine’s history began from the devotion of guarding and serving it. It was once a shrine where people prayed to the deity of war for long fortune in arms; today it is known and loved for its blessings of safe childbirth and of warding off misfortune and opening fortune.

Origin and history

The shrine stands on the round rear mound of the tomb of Emperor Ojin, who is worshipped as Hachiman at some forty-four thousand shrines across the country.

The tomb of Emperor Ojin was built around the fourth and fifth centuries. The shrine’s history began from the devotion of guarding and serving that tomb.

It was once a shrine where the deity of war was prayed to for long fortune in arms. Today it is known and loved for blessings of safe childbirth and of warding off misfortune and opening fortune.

What it is locally associated with

Origin
Devotion that began with guarding
It stands on the round rear mound of Emperor Ojin’s tomb, and its history began from the devotion of guarding and serving that tomb.
documented history
Power spotFertility & ChildrenProtection & Safety
Safe childbirth, warding off misfortune
Today it is known and loved for blessings of safe childbirth and of warding off misfortune and opening fortune.
documented history
What people do here
Once a shrine of war
It was once a shrine where the deity of war was prayed to for long fortune in arms.
documented history

This shrine is not beside the tomb; it is on it. It sits on the round rear mound of Emperor Ojin’s tomb, and the position is itself the history. The order is plain too: the tomb came first. The shrine’s history, it records, began from the devotion of guarding and serving that tomb — a shrine placed there in order to protect something.

The tomb was raised around the fourth and fifth centuries. The emperor enshrined here is also the deity worshipped as Hachiman at some forty-four thousand shrines across the country.

What is asked for has changed. It was once a shrine where the deity of war was prayed to for long fortune in arms; today it is loved for safe childbirth and for warding off misfortune. The same deity, asked by a later age for something else entirely.

Claims and evidence levels 3

Konda Hachimangu stands on the round rear mound of Emperor Ojin’s tomb, and its history began from the devotion of guarding and serving that tomb. documented history
The tomb was built around the fourth and fifth centuries; Emperor Ojin is worshipped as Hachiman at some forty-four thousand shrines nationwide. documented history
Once a shrine of the deity of war prayed to for long fortune in arms, it is known today for safe childbirth and for warding off misfortune. documented history

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