Mabashi Inari Shrine

Our company is the shrine keeper of the former Mabashi Village, and in the "New Musashi Fudo Chronicle" it is stated that "the date of the shrine of the village chief keeper in the village of Nishinokubo, which is located in the village of Ichifuru 12 steps Ona Nishinokubo, and the head office is 2 rooms 4 sides and the worship hall 4 rooms and 2 rooms in the direction of the Mishin," and the shrine deities are the god of the soul of Usano and the god of cannabis. It is said that in 1861, when the worship hall was renovated, 53 clan members donated money to the Kyoto Shirakawa Shrine Shrine (the government office in charge of the shrine), and the following year they received the title of "Shoichi Ashiho Inari Daimyojin". In the 40th year of the Meiji Era (1907), the Ontake Shrine, Hakusan Shrine, Tenjinja Shrine, and Water Shrine in the village were enshrined as a joint shrine. The date of our founding is unknown, but according to historical records, it is said to have been founded at the end of the Kamakura period. In addition, it is stated that "In the 16th year of Kanei, when Nakagawa Hachiroemon was ordered by the shogunate to conduct a land inspection, the precincts were cleared," which shows that it has been enshrined in this area since the early Edo period. In 1938, the shrine with a thatched roof was renovated into the current shrine building in the style of the main house of Sohiki, and in October 1965, the name of the shrine was changed to "Mabashi Inari Shrine" in order to maintain the place name of Mabashi due to the revision of the residence label. The vermilion-painted Sojinmon in front of the main shrine was erected in 1975 as a project to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the enshrinement, and enshrines the god Iwamato on the left and right statues, and a large bell of good luck (75 cm in diameter), which is said to be the largest in Tokyo, is hung on the central ceiling. Our shrine is a large white wooden shrine with a height of 2.5 meters, a platform width of 1 meter, and a weight of 1.5 tons, and was exhibited at the 1922 Peace Memorial Tokyo Exposition. The stone torii gate in front is 8 meters high and is carved with ascending and descending dragons, and is said to be one of Tokyo's three torii gates. In the precincts, there are many rikishi stones used for power comparison, which was popular among men from the end of the Edo period to the early Taisho period, as well as ema and votive plaques.