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Line 21: ==History== Per shrine tradition, the Akibasan Hongū Akiha Jinja was established in 701 as a Buddhist temple by the famed priest [[~~Gyoki~~Gyōki]]. It was named {{nihongo\|Akiha-dera\|秋葉寺}} from a poem written by [[Emperor Saga]] in 709. During the [[Heian period]] it became a center for the [[Shugendō]] cult and was associated with the [[Shingon Buddhism\|Shingon sect]], although much of its subsequent history is uncertain. After the start of the [[Tokugawa bakufu]], retired [[~~Shōgun~~Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] ordered the temple to convert to the [[Sōtō\|Sōtō Zen]] sect. [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] in particular favored its blend of ~~Shintō~~Shinto, Buddhism and Shugendō, and promoted the spread of the Akiha cult throughout the country to provide protection against fires. Despite its remote mountain location, the temple became a popular pilgrimmage detour from the [[Tōkaidō (road)\|Tōkaidō]] for pilgrims on their way to [[Ise ~~Jingu~~Shrine]] or [[Kompira Shrine]], or on their way back to Edo. Howeer, in 1685, the government banned the traditional ceremony of carrying the shrine's ''[[mikoshi]]'' along the Tōkaidō Mount Akiha towards [[Edo]] and [[Kyoto]], for fear that the riotous procession would disturb public order. The ban conversely helped spread the Akiha cult throughout the country through the establishment of numerous branch shrines, especially in the [[Chubu region]] of Japan. Major Sōtō temples and monasteries often established a small Akiha shrine within their grounds.

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