Seimei Jinja

Shrine · Kyoto

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In short

A shrine to Abe no Seimei, whose crest — the five-pointed star — the shrine describes as one of the onmyodo talismans he devised.

The precinct of Seimei Jinja, five-pointed stars set into the fittings. — Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Quick facts

Address: 806 Seimeicho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto

About this place

Seimei Jinja is in Kamigyo, Kyoto, and enshrines Abe no Seimei. Its crest, the Seimei-kikyo, is also called the five-pointed star, and the shrine describes it as one of the prayer talismans of onmyodo devised by Seimei. The shrine holds that healing from illness is among its benefits, and treats the peach as a fruit that wards off evil and misfortune.

Origin and history

Seimei Jinja enshrines Abe no Seimei.

Its crest, the Seimei-kikyo, is also called the five-pointed star, and is described by the shrine as one of the prayer talismans used in onmyodo, devised by Seimei.

The shrine holds that healing from illness is among its benefits, and treats the peach as a fruit that wards off evil and misfortune.

What it is locally associated with

Power spotProtection & Safety
The star is a talisman
The shrine describes its Seimei-kikyo crest, also called the five-pointed star, as one of the onmyodo prayer talismans devised by Seimei.
documented history
Power spotHealth & Healing
Healing from illness
The shrine holds that healing from illness is among its benefits.
documented history
Power spot
The warding peach
The shrine treats the peach as a fruit that wards off evil and misfortune.
documented history

The mark of this shrine is a tool rather than a decoration. The Seimei-kikyo — the shape also called the five-pointed star — is, the shrine records, one of the prayer talismans of onmyodo that Seimei devised. The stars around the precinct are less a family crest than a charm.

What the shrine names as a benefit is healing from illness. And one more thing: the peach, treated as a fruit that wards off evil and misfortune. A star and a fruit — the two concrete things here.

Abe no Seimei himself is better known through stories than through records. What the shrine’s own guide says is the above, and this page stops where it stops.

Claims and evidence levels 3

Seimei Jinja enshrines Abe no Seimei, and describes its Seimei-kikyo crest — the five-pointed star — as one of the onmyodo prayer talismans he devised. documented history
The shrine holds that healing from illness is among its benefits. documented history
The shrine treats the peach as a fruit that wards off evil and misfortune. documented history

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