Deity of shinbutsu shūgō (kami–buddha syncretism)
Ebumi Daimyōjin
江文大明神
A Japan Tourism Agency description links Ebumi Jinja with Ebumi Daimyōjin, who takes on the eighth day among the Thirty Guardian Kami. The City of Kyoto introduces the shrine as the overall tutelary shrine of the communities of Ōhara, where kami of wind, water and fire, and of abundance and production, are enshrined.
This introduction is based on materials published by shrines, temples, and schools, starting with Shōhōin. It is summarized within the scope of the beliefs and traditions those materials convey, and does not present explanations or customs common to all schools, shrines, and temples.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
The kami of Ebumi, protecting the life and harvests of Ōhara
A Japan Tourism Agency description links Ebumi Jinja with Ebumi Daimyōjin, who takes on the eighth day among the Thirty Guardian Kami. The City of Kyoto introduces the shrine as the overall tutelary shrine of the communities of Ōhara, where kami of wind, water and fire, and of abundance and production, are enshrined.
Source: 京都市・観光庁 多言語解説文データベース
Hassaku Odori, danced in thanks for a good harvest
At Ebumi Jinja, the Ōhara Hassaku Odori has been handed down: people gather with lanterns raised by each community and dance to an inherited ondo song. The City of Kyoto introduces this dance as thanks for a good harvest and as an occasion for the people of the area to meet. It is an example of faith tied to the livelihoods of the land.
Source: 京都市
Guarding one day at a time in turn: the faith of the Thirty Guardian Kami
The Thirty Guardian Kami (Sanjū Banjin) are a faith, combining kami and buddhas, in which thirty kami divide the days among themselves to protect the country and the Buddhist teaching. In Shōhōin's list, each kami is assigned a day from the first to the thirtieth. It is a grouping handed down in the Tendai and Nichiren lineages and others, and it needs to be distinguished from present-day explanations of the enshrined kami at shrines of the same name and from historical views about the original buddhas (honjibutsu).
Source: 飛不動尊 正宝院
Kami who come to hear the sutras — the origin story told by Shinjō-ji
Shinjō-ji, a temple of the Nichiren school, introduces a tradition that while Nichiren Shōnin was reading the Lotus Sutra on Mount Hiei, a different person visited him each day and revealed himself to be one of the Thirty Guardian Kami. This is the origin story of "the Thirty Guardian Kami who protect the Lotus Sutra" as taught by that temple. This site does not treat it as a historical event shared by all faith in the Thirty Guardian Kami.
Source: 日蓮宗 玉蓮山真成寺
Protection in turns that supports daily faith
Shinjō-ji introduces the Thirty Guardian Kami as guardian deities, combining kami and buddhas, who divide their duty by the day. What the temple values is the faith that they protect the Lotus Sutra and the people who believe in its teaching. This explanation is for learning their role as the Thirty Guardian Kami, in addition to the divine virtues handed down at each shrine.
Source: 日蓮宗 玉蓮山真成寺
Related kami and buddhas
Sources (in Japanese)
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：江文大明神」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：目次」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 京都市「大原八朔踊」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 観光庁 多言語解説文データベース「江文神社 社殿」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 飛不動尊 正宝院「仏様の世界：三十番神」（2026-10-14 確認）
- 日蓮宗 玉蓮山真成寺「三十番神様」（2026-10-15 確認）