Located on the southern slope of Mount Kongo, Katsuragi-dake in Takama, Gose City, it enshrines Ichinotonushi-no-Okami as its deity. Kaibara Ekiken's Nanyu-kikou states, "At the summit, there is a shrine called Katsuragi, a large shrine, and it is said to be the deity of Ichinotonushi."
At Katsuragi Shrine, an annual festival is held on July 7th, the anniversary of En no Gyoja's death, to pray to Ichinotonushi-no-Okami for the fulfillment of a wish, and a lotus flower ceremony is held at Tenporin-ji Temple in the afternoon. Katsuragi Shrine is also deeply revered as an agricultural deity, and Nanyu-kikou states, "Many people visit the shrine because they highly revere the deity, the farmer of Yamato and Kawachi, and believe that if they take a little bit of the soil under the shrine and put it in their fields, the rice will grow well and there will be no insects."
It is said that there are believers all over Kinki, seeking the miracles of En no Gyoja, the founder of mountain asceticism.
The shrine was founded about 2,000 years ago. According to the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, Katsuragi Ichinotomono-mikoto declared, "I am the god Ichinotomono-mikoto, who will grant your wishes with just one word, whether good or bad." This led to the shrine becoming famous as a god whose wishes will come true with just one word.
In addition, due to the fact that he was the first person in Japan to hand over something by clapping his hands, he is also known as "Ichinotomo Ebisu," the originator of applause, and the god of good fortune and prosperity in business.
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