【4K】花のお江戸の総鎮守：東京都・神田明神 (Kanda Shrine | Shinto Shrine in Tokyo Metropolis)

※チャンネル登録、高評価、是非是非(*´ω｀*) /channel/UCLlxwEjrurRyyR6fucWfW1g?view_as=subscriber どうも、管理人のヒロリンです。 今回は少年ジャンプの名作漫画「こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所（略して「こち亀」）」で何度も登場したことで全国的にも有名な東京の名社、神田明神（かんだみょうじん）を紹介したいと思います。 粋でいなせで意気地が命。カラッとさばけた江戸っ子は、昔からお祭り騒ぎに目がありませんでした。 節句や縁日もよく楽しみましたが、神社の大祭とくればねじり鉢巻。神輿をかついで山車を引き、それぞれに趣向を凝らした衣装を身にまとって祭りに興じる姿が見られます。 そんな江戸っ子を楽しませる祭の中でも代表格に位置付けられるのが山王日枝神社の山王祭と神田明神の神田祭。 この二つの祭りは歴代の徳川将軍も上覧した別格の「天下祭」で、隔年で交互に行われましたが、どちらの祭列も江戸城への立ち入りを特別に許可されており、将軍自身がご祭神を乗せた鳳輦（ほうれん）をうやうやしく出迎えたとされています。 更に神田祭は京都の祇園祭、大阪の天神祭と並ぶ「日本三大祭り」の一つ。戦国時代末期、徳川家康が神田明神に戦勝を祈願し、みごと天下統一を果たしたことで、祭典規模が拡大したとも伝えられています。 そんな日本全国の中でも特筆すべき規模の大きな祭りを開く神田明神の創建は西暦703年。今から約1300年前です。現在の千代田区大手町の将門塚の付近に、出雲系の氏族が先祖の大己貴命（おおなむちのみこと）を祀る社を建立したのが始まりとされています その後939年に東国の独立を願った平将門公が挙兵。朝廷に討たれて首を将門塚に埋められましたが、やがて将門塚の周辺で災厄が続くようになります（それゆえに将門塚は丸の内の一等地にあるにも関わらず一切手を付けられていない土地でもあります）。そこで、当時の人々が祟り神と化した将門公の御霊を慰撫。1309年に将門公が神田明神に合祀されました。 江戸時代に入ると神田明神は徳川家によって保護され、1616年には江戸城（現在の皇居）の鬼門（北東）にあたる現在地に遷座。江戸の総鎮守として庶民にも親しまれるようになりました。 漫画・アニメのメッカとして知られる秋葉原からもほど近く、休日にもなると老若男女問わず多くの参拝客で賑わう神田明神。僕自身朝一の誰もいない神田明神は今回の撮影で初めて目にすることが出来ました。貴重な光景を収めた今回の動画を是非ご視聴下さい。 Kanda Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The shrine dates back 1,300 years, but the current structure was rebuilt several times due to fire and earthquakes. It is situated in one of the most expensive estate areas of Tokyo. Kanda Shrine was an important shrine to both the warrior class and citizens of Japan, especially during the Edo period, when shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu paid his respects at Kanda Shrine. Kanda Shrine was first built in the second year of the Tenpyō Era (730 AD), in the fishing village of Shibasaki, near the modern Ōtemachi district. In order to accommodate the expansion of Edo Castle, the shrine was later moved to the former Kanda ward in 1603, then moved once again to its modern site on a small hill near Akihabara in 1616. The shrine has been rebuilt and restored many times. The current structure was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and rebuilt in 1934 with concrete, and thus survived the Tokyo firebombing of World War II, unlike many of Japan's historical structures. Restoration is being done on Kanda Shrine, and work continues today. The three major kami enshrined are Daikokuten, Ebisu, and Taira no Masakado. As Daikokuten and Ebisu both belong to the Seven Gods of Fortune, Kanda Shrine is a popular place for businessmen and entrepreneurs to pray for wealth and prosperity. Taira no Masakado was a land-owning government official who led a massive insurrection against the Heian government and declared himself the "New Emperor". He was later elevated to the status of a local kami out of a mixture of fear and reverence. He is an important figure in the shrine's history. After his defeat in 940 AD, he was decapitated by Fujiwara no Hidesato and his severed head was brought to the Shibasaki (Edo) area in a wooden bucket and buried on a low hill near the shrine's location today. Locals who respected his defiance, and fearing his curse, enshrined him in Kanda Shrine, and his spirit is said to watch over the surrounding areas. It was rumored that when his shrine fell into disrepair, Masakado's angry spirit wrought natural disasters and plagues upon the nearby lands. It is also said that Tokugawa Ieyasu felt uncomfortable to have his castle built close to such a powerful spirit, and so decided to move Kanda Shrine to its modern location.

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