- Hachiman shrines
- Shrines dedicated to Hachiman account for about half the registered shrines in Japan. About 30,000 are bunsha of the Iwa-shimizu-Hachiman-gu and 15,000 of the Usa-Hachiman-gu.
A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Brian Bocking.
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