京都御苑の中には、白雲神社の他にも弁天様をおまつりする神社があります。
In the Kyoto Imperial Park,there are other shrines
dedicated to the goddeses.
こちらは「厳島神社」。広島の厳島神社の分社です。
This is "Itsukushima Shrine",
It's a branch of "Itsukushima shrine" in Hiroshima.
かつて京都御苑には、御所を中心に公家屋敷がありました。
その中の１つ、九条家の邸宅跡にあります。
A Long long time ago, thre were many estates of
court nobles.
The site on which this shrine stands was
formerly an estate of the noble Kujyo family.
もともとは平清盛が、
母親である祇園女御にささげるために
厳島大神を兵庫築島に勧請。
のちに足利義晴が京都に移したのだそうです。
Ordinaly, Taira no Kiyomori, a" busho"
who lived in the end of the Heian period,
made a shrine which was dedicated to
Isukushima okami(god) in Hyogo
for his motrher "Gion Nyougo".
After a while, Yoshiharu Ashikaga
transfered this shrine to Kyoto.
別名「池の弁天さん」。
It then became know as "Sarasvati of the Spring".
ご祭神は
市杵島姫命 田心姫命 湍津姫命 の宗像三女神、
そして祇園女御。
Now it's dedicated to
Ichikisima hime no mikoto
Tagori hime no mikoto
Tagitsu hime no mikoto,
they are well Known as the three sister goddeses
of Munakata Shrine in Fukuoka,
as well as Gion Nyougo, mother of Taira no Kiyomori.
鳥居が重要美術品に指定されているそうです。
This gate is designated as an important artifact.
神社の中に漂うエネルギーは、優美な印象でした。
I felt graceful energy in the shrine.
Looking at the elegant Sarasvati,
I felt it was suitable for the estate of a court noble.
◆アクセス◆
住所は「京都市上京区京都御苑6」
地下鉄烏丸線「丸太町駅」下車、徒歩3～4分
Address is " 6 Kyoto Gyoen, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City"
It takes about 3 or 4 minutes on foot from "Marutamachi" station
on the Karasuma subway line.
こちらのマップも参考にしてください。
