## [[Nezu-oji (不寝王子)]] | Nakahechi 3 | [[Daimon-oji (大門王子)]] #trail/kumano-kodo/nakahechi ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_0056.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6015.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6014.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_0053.png]] > [!NOTE] Takaharakumano Shrine > This shrine is not among the Kumano Kujuki (Ninety-nine) Shrines. The design of the Kasuga-style main burding suggests that the shrine was constructed in the early Muromachi era (1392-1573). The shrine, the oldest among the shrines located along the [[Nakahechi (中辺路)|Nakahechi Road]], is designated Cultural Asset by Wakayama Prefecture. The object of worship at the shrine is an image of Buddha fitted on a copper-plate. Presumably the image, on which a note reading "the tenth year of the Oei period" (or the year 1403) is written in Chinese ink, has been worshiped since the founding of the shrine. The place narne "Takahara" was first mentioned in an article (dated October 23, 1109) of the diary of Fujiwara Munetada. ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_0043.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5990.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5991.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5999.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6001.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5995.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5997.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6010.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5996.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5987.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5988.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_5989.png]] ![[? takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6045.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6040b.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6042.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6043.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6361b.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_7729.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_7730.png]] ![[? takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6053.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6056b.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6060.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6061.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_0089.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6063.png]] ![[takahara kumano-jinja IMG_6069.png]]