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A shrine in Ukyo ward where wishes are placed on stones in a rite handed down here, also revered in the performing arts.
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Kurumazaki Shrine is a shrine in Saga Asahicho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto. Its former shrine rank is village shrine. It is now an independent shrine not belonging to the Association of Shinto Shrines. It has no parishioners and is sustained by worshippers from across the country. It is also written with a variant kanji spelling. The deity is Kiyohara no Yorinari. Yorinari came from the Hirosumi-school Kiyohara clan, famous for scholarship, and was himself a renowned Chinese-studies and Confucian scholar of the late Heian period.
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