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	Hachiman and Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura, Japan
		Hachiman is worshipped as the god of archery and war and later became the tutelary deity of the Minamoto Clan (esp. Minamoto Yoritomo, founder of the Kamakura shogunate).
		In the second phase, beginning in the late 8th and early 9th centuries, Hachiman was awarded the status of Bodhisattva, and became a guardian deity, a protector god, in the Buddhist pantheon.
		Hachiman also became to be noted as the guardian of the Minamoto clan of samurai.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/tsurugaoka-hachiman.shtml (1129 words)

	Hachiman
		Hachiman's story is perhaps the most known of these amazing stories of ascention from the mortal coil to the height of Godhood.
		Hachiman was born to this world as Ojin Tenno, the son of Jingo, the Empress of Japan, and Chuai, the Emperor of Japan.
		Hachiman went out into the cosmos and created his own diefic realm, populating it with his few faithful remaining on Earth, and the faithful of a half dozen other realms he had grown to be known within.
	members.tripod.com /~SirTenzan/RIFTS/hachiman.html (2954 words)

	Hachiman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk, statue from Kamakura period, 1201 AD Hachiman (Japanese, 八幡神 -shin, also can be read as Yawata no kami) is the Shinto god of war, and divine protector of Japan and the Japanese people.
		Since ancient times Hachiman was worshipped by peasants as the god of agriculture and by fishermen who hoped he shall fill their nets with much fish.
		Hachiman also became to be noted as the guardian of the Minamoto clan of samurai.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hachiman (403 words)

	Gujo Hachiman Guide - Japan Reference
		Gujo Hachiman is a small town in central Gifu prefecture, at the confluent of the upper Nagara-gawa river and Yoshida-gawa river.
		The town is famous for its castle, originally built in 1559 and reconstructed in 1933, and for its Gujo Odori Folk Dances, held each summer from early July to early September, with the main festival takeing place between 13 and 16 August.
		Gujo Hachiman is about 2 hours 15 minutes from Nagoya (￥2,310).
	www.jref.com /practical/gujo_hachiman.shtml (287 words)

	Bodhisattva Hachiman
		The truth is that Hachiman is a manifestation of Shakyamuni Buddha.
		And in the same way, Hachiman will undoubtedly take up his residence on the head of an honest person, even though that person may not be the ruler of the nation.
		This refers to an oracle received from Hachiman in the reign of the fifty-first ruler, Emperor Heizei (774-824), to the effect that he would protect one hundred successive sovereigns of Japan.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /bodhisattva_hachiman.htm (2413 words)

	Background Info - Bodhisattva Hachiman
		The identification of Hachiman with Emperor Ojin is thought to have developed during the Nara (710-794) and Heian (794-85) periods.
		Later, Hachiman became the object of veneration favored by the warrior class, and Minamoto no Yoritomo, founder of the Kamakura shogunate, established a shrine to him in Kamakura.
		Hachiman, the Daishonin says, once vowed to reside "on the heads of honest persons." The fact that he has abandoned his shrine and ascended to the heavens can only mean that there are no longer any honest persons in the country; all have abandoned the "honest doctrine" of the Lotus Sutra.
	sgi-usa.org /buddhism/library/Nichiren/Gosho/bk_BodhisattvaHachiman.htm (453 words)

	Sarna.net Forums: Turtle Assault Tank (long)
		The Draconis Combine had been slow in approaching Hachiman after the Clan War because War-era records and early scout missions indicated the planet had suffered badly from genocidal orbital bombardments, but this turned out to be anything but the truth when the Combine could spare a jumpship to re-scout the planet in 3110.
		Of course, Hachiman's cities were badly damaged and hundreds of millions of subjects would die in the poorly supplied refugee camps, but Hachiman was a model of post-War reconstruction and the spirit of the Combine's people.
		Because Hachiman lost communication with the rest of the Draconis Combine and because no jumpships appeared to re-establish even courier-style communications, the nobility of Hachiman decided that they were the only organized survivors of the Combine.
	www.sarna.net /w3t/showthreaded.php/Number/89907 (2348 words)

	God of War
		Hachiman could hear the man's howl of rage and the sound of clay pots and tables being smashed but he paid no attention.
		Hachiman did not stop after trampling the foremost of the Hayashi ranks, sending them roaring ahead with their swords raised high, but continued on.
		Hachiman smiled down at the quivering, fading life while he drew his sword, then thrust its tip smartly downward, impaling Izumi's body and lifting it to his face for a careful scrutiny.
	www.macrophile.com /~rogue/stories/war.html (1401 words)

	Northern Earth - Urban Spirit
		Much of the spread of Hachiman worship was because he was adopted as the tutelary god of the Minamoto clan, and Hachiman Taro then 'founded' Hachiman jinja at twelve-mile intervals during his campaigns.
		Hachiman was originally Ojin, a semi-legendary emperor and invader of Korea, who lived sometime between the 3rd and 5th centuries and was deified after death.
		Furthermore, the Hachiman cult was from a very early date connected with shamanism, and it is therefore easy to see why Hachiman jinja were often built on kofun.
	www.northernearth.co.uk /91urban.htm (1232 words)

	Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was originally built in 1063 near Yuigahama, and was dedicated to the Emperor Ojin, his mother Empress Jingu and his wife Hime-gami.
		Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, moved it to its present location in 1191 and invited Hachiman, the God of warriors, to reside there and guard his government.
		There are a number of shrines on the site, the most important of which are the Junior Shrine at the bottom, and the Senior Shrine 61 steps above.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsurugaoka_Hachiman_Shrine (253 words)

	This is a write up of a game at the last DunDraCon. Not everything that happened in the ga
		She told both Kilroy and Hachiman, the Japanese, about it as well, as there seemed to be enough interest in the box to bring down some heavy artillary.
		Hachiman agreed, politely, that it would be best if they dealt with the box as a group.
		Hachiman dropped us off here, and..." "Us?" Saraquael laughed self-consciously and turned to frown at Ben, "Well, soon to be one, I'm about ready to kill him for eating everything I own, even the smoked salmon I was saving for a special occasion." He mock cowered.
	www.skepticfiles.org /en002/maan.htm (12056 words)

	Episode 36 - The Thunder-Cutter - ThunderCats: Illustrated.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Infuriated by the Mutants' excuse that the Sword of Omens is invincible, Mumm-Ra summons Hachiman, a legendary Samurai, and his sword, the ThunderCutter.
		Hachiman confronts Lion-O while the Thundercat is en route to the Warrior Maiden's Kingdom with Nayda.
		Lion-O, Hachiman, the Warrior Maiden's and the Thundercats defeat the Mutant's attack.
	www.tcsillustrated.net /ep_36.html (244 words)

	Hachiman Jinja--Featured in the National Register's Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Month Feature - 2004
		Hachiman Jinja is a Shinto shrine located on the island of Saipan.
		Additionally, the selection of Hachiman, the spirit/god of war, as the chief Kami honored at the shrine further illustrates the militant aspects of “State Shinto” that was conducted at the site.
		Although no longer used as a place of worship, Hachiman Jinga is an important testimony to Japan’s 30-year presence in the Northern Marianas.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/feature/asia/2005/hac.htm (1088 words)

	JNTO Website \| Find a Location \| Shiga \| Omi Hachiman
		Omi Hachiman that extends itself at the foot of Mt. Hachiman-yama in the central part of Shiga is a castle town of Hachiman-yama Castle built in 1585 on the eastern shore of the largest lake in Japan, Lake Biwa-ko, and is a base town for Omi shonin, or Omi merchants.
		The streets with a stretch of fl mortar and lattice windows, as well as Hachiman-bori area that was the hub of marine transportation, are designated as a national important preservation districts for groups of historic building.
		Until the mid 19th century the town of Omi Hachiman was divided by Hachiman-bori, north of which was a residential area for the warriors and south for the townsfolk.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/shiga/omihachiman.html (349 words)

	Omihachiman (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leavenworth and Omi Hachiman are connected because of one man. William M. Vorhies, an American missionary, was born in Leavenworth in 1880.
		On the top of Mt. Hachiman is the Murakumo-gosho Zuiryu-ji Temple and an impressive view of Omi Hachiman, Lake Biwa and Nishinoko Lake.
		For the last several years, a group from Omi Hachiman and throughout Japan came to Leavenworth to visit the former home of William Vories.
	www.lvks.org /omihachiman,_japan.htm (454 words)

	Hachiman -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Hachiman is commonly regarded as the deification of Ojin, the 15th emperor of Japan.
		He is seldom worshipped alone, however, and Hachiman shrines are most frequently dedicated to three deities: Hachiman as Ojin, his mother...
		An annual festival is held on March 18, and the Shinkosai festival, with a procession of...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038709 (433 words)

	Patches (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hachiman was the Japanese god of war and martial prowess.
		This swirled hachiman symbol is said to represent an eight-sided figure, and also to honor the "three kingdoms" of Okinawa.
		Black belts are allowed to wear the hachiman patch on their gi, if they would like.
	www.senseichristopher.com /patches.htm (340 words)

	The Shrine of Hamaskis: Hachiman Source Material (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If Hachiman mirrors at all Japan, which it does in so many ways, then in all likelihood the land was ruled by an Emperor/ress before the Shoguns took complete power.
		In later years, Hachiman was adopted as the guardian deity of warrior class and became very popular as the warrior class won dominating power and influence over the nation.
		If the Hachiman pantheon is to be developed then it is from the Japanese pantheon that we should draw.
	www.ox.compsoc.net /~dwsjc/ff/source/hachiman.html (715 words)

	The Shrine of Hamaskis: Hachiman (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although we do not know much of Hachiman, there is one tale which it is not unusual to hear a bard telling whenever that land is mentioned.
		Thus we know that the Shogunate of Hachiman is just over five hundred years old (perhaps up to five hundred and seventy years if we stretch the notion that the First Shogun was seventy when the Legion was wiped out).
		I believe therefore that the knights are from an age of Hachiman (or the land on which Hachiman now stands) before the days of the Shogunate, and in fact may even be part of the civilisation that built the ancient roads and dykes that we travel.
	www.ox.compsoc.net /~dwsjc/ff/places/hachiman.html (695 words)

	Religious Meanings of the Hachiman Cult: Releasing Living Beings in Hōjōgawa
		It describes the autumn festival (Hōjōe) of Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine at which birds and fish are released.
		Although Hachiman in Yumi Yawata is a Bodhisattva, Hōjōgawa more explicitly stresses the religious mission of the Bodhisattva.
		Jane Marie Law Violence, Ritual Reenactment, and Ideology: The "Hojo-e" (Rite for Release of Sentient Beings) of the USA Hachiman Shrine in Japan; History of Religions, Vol.
	rossbender.org /HOJOTEXT1.html (1053 words)

	The Eastern Empires - Religion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hachiman was born Ojin, son of the Empress Jingo.
		Before a battle, any commander who has performed constant devotions to Hachiman stands a 5% chance of suddenly discovering that he "knows" the enemy’s strength, location, and plan of attack.
		Hachiman hates cowardice in combat and any warrior exhibiting a fear of death suffers a permanent -1 modifier to his THAC0.
	www.citadelraven.com /ee/religion/japgods.cfm (3102 words)

	Fukagawa
		Tomioka Hachiman Shrine was built around 1625, not long after the main canal from Edo to Gyotoku was completed.
		Before Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to Edo, the Hachiman shrine in this area was located a bit further to the east, in Sunamura.
		Just to the east of Tomioka Hachiman Shrine, separated from the shrine grounds by a narrow drainage canal and a line of pine trees, is a long, broad, windowless building that is a popular destination for any sightseer in Edo.
	www.us-japan.org /edomatsu/fukagawa/story.html (1831 words)

	Gujo Hachiman Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Long-distance walker Booth's romantic description of GUJO HACHIMAN still applies: the place is as clean and inviting - with two pristine rivers running through the centre - as any town you will find in the country, and the castle and the dance, are well checking out.
		This very photogenic replica was built on the genuine stone foundations of the less elaborate original structure; the castle was pulled down during the Meiji Restoration and rebuilt in 1934.
		The enthusiastic gatekeeper of the castle will be happy to take your photo with the panorama of the town below, and will be sure to point out that the shape of the town resembles that of a fish, which it really does, the elegant concrete span of the new motorway accenting the tail.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/Asia/Japan/Gujo-Hachiman (597 words)

	Sword of the Samurai
		The land of Hachiman is in grave danger.
		The capital of Hachiman is Konichi, and this is ruled by the Shogun, one Kihei Hasekawa.
		Whoever owns the Dai-katana effectively rules Hachiman, and once Ikiru, Master of Shadows, solves the puzzle of the sword, then the land will surely be overrun be his forces of evil.
	www.fightingfantasy.com /ff25.htm (403 words)

	Invocation "Hachiman" Tsuba
		The invocation of “Hachiman DaiboSatsu” is somewhat common in sword furniture and horimono (sword carvings).
		Minamoto Yoritomo established the shogunate at Kamakura and built a shrine to Hachiman, and with the rise of the samurai class, the worship of Hachiman as the protector of villages became predominant.
		The pagoda and positive silhouette of “Hachiman Daibosatsu” show the samurai’s significance to protection of the land and it’s people, and the reverence to the Heian period and the Minamoto.
	www.legacyswords.com /fs_gen_tsuba5.htm (114 words)

	Titan Type 10 Hachiman Robotic Vehicle
		With new models being developed all the time, Wa-Daisho was forced to update their arsenal as well, and as of February 2, 118PA the remaining 28 Hachiman were lend-leased to Tolkeen to assist them in their war against the Coalition States.
		They are equipped as standard weapons to the Hachiman - with a power feed cable that attaches them to the nuclear power supply.
		Sonar: The Hachiman was outfitted with a sonar system early on which permits the robot vehicle to detect, track, and analyze foreign objects in the water.
	members.tripod.com /~SirTenzan/RIFTS/wdhachiman.html (409 words)

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