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A shrine in Nosegawa on the summit of 1,260-metre Mount Kojin, one of Japan's three great Kojin shrines.
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Tateri Kojin Shrine is a shrine in Oaza Iketsugawa, Nosegawa Village, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture. It is said to have been enshrined by Kukai when he founded Mt. Koya. Its formal name is Kojin Shrine, but it is generally known by the popular name Tateri Kojin Shrine, and this article also treats it as 'Tateri Kojin Shrine.' It is a shrine enshrined at the summit of Mt. Kojin (Kojindake, 1,260 m), rising almost in the center of Nosegawa Village in southern Nara Prefecture, and although the exact date is unknown, it is said to have been founded around the year 800.
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