@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-03 02:13 UTC
It seems that the plague god at Kanshin-in (感神院) had no specific name at this time.
Some theorize that the Yasaka clan (八坂氏), an immigrant family, founded Kanshin-in (forerunner of Yasaka Shrine) in 657. They enshrined the god of pestilence (later known as Gozu Tennō) here.
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-03 02:23
Hōkan-ji (法観寺/八坂の塔) and Yasaka-jinja most probably evolved out of religious sites established by the Yasaka clan. The family were famed for breeding the finest horses, and likely took their name from the 8 local slopes onto which their tutelary god descended. #Kyoto #Japan