tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507516975642268346.post8977553405823527904..comments2023-05-14T17:28:05.082+09:00Comments on Nagasaki Perspectives: Whence the Kirin?Brian Burke-Gaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00231679524858522252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507516975642268346.post-80446426915932471682014-06-01T22:41:01.982+09:002014-06-01T22:41:01.982+09:00Jan! I didn't notice your question until now,...Jan! I didn't notice your question until now, five months post facto. Many apologies. The best answer to your question is that Iwaya-san was/is the object of "mountain worship" (山岳信仰), neither precisely Buddhist nor Shinto. It wasn't until the Meiji Period that facilities like Iwaya Jinja had to draw a clear line between the two systems. I'll look into it and let you know if I find anything. In the meantime, the following two Wikipedia articles might be informative.<br />All the best, Brian <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haibutsu_kishaku<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_mountainsBrian Burke-Gaffneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231679524858522252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2507516975642268346.post-89776186422795037592014-01-03T11:50:04.720+09:002014-01-03T11:50:04.720+09:00i have a question about Iwaya shrine... 2 or 3 hun...i have a question about Iwaya shrine... 2 or 3 hundred years ago it was the location of a buddhist temple... now it is a (shinto) shrine..... at what point and why would it change??? can you recommend any source in print or online that can give me more details about Nagasaki history... I am Jan (Hillestad) Fujikawa by the way.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com