Togoshi Hachiman Shrine
戸越八幡神社It is said that the origin of the founding of the company is that on August 15, 1526, in the sixth year of Onaga (1526), during the reign of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, the statue of the god that appeared from the pond of Yabushimizu in the village was enshrined in the kusan by Gyonaga Hoshi and enshrined in the temple at the request of the spirits of Ishishimizu Oyama Hachimangu in Yamashiro Province (Kyoto Prefecture).
In addition, there is an old song that says, "Beyond Edo, there is no day when the thread of Negahi no Thread does not melt", and it is said that this is the beginning of the place name of Togoshi.
According to the [Kanei Annual Woodblock Book], this "Chengshuan was a hermitage that used to be a hermitage with a pond of bush and clear water, which was popularly known as a single cedar. When Gyonaga Hoshi visited this hermitage during his pilgrimage to various countries, he looked at the moon on the fifteenth night, and when he took a nap in his dream, he saw a shining light emitted from a pond in Yabushimizu, so he searched in the pond and saw the appearance of the divine body of Honda Betsumi (Emperor Ōjin, Hachiman Ōkami), so he modestly enshrined it in the kusan. As a result, not only the people of the neighborhood but also the people who came and went begged for various prayers, and it became so great that it was said that 'there is not a single thing that does not be fulfilled,' so this soan is called the Fulfillment Ann on the clear water." It is noted.
On December 15, 1688, the palace was moved to its current location on a hill in the village, and Kasuga-sha and Inari-sha were erected at Suesha. Since then, the clan area (formerly Togoshi Village, ... He is universally revered as the guardian god of the generations of people who have lived there, and as the guardian god of culture, the founder of our country's educational religion. And along with the god of amulet and shipping, it is also popular as the "hometown of the heart". The trees in the precincts are designated as preserved trees in Shinagawa Ward, and the Kempo pear tree in particular is designated as a designated natural monument.
The current shrine hall was built in 1855 in the second year of Ansei (1855) with a copperplate tile roof made of a purlin made of kei-zuku, and is one of the oldest wooden statue buildings in Tokyo, having been spared from earthquake and war damage. In addition, the 24 votive ema and the stone komainu are designated as Shinagawa Ward certified cultural properties.
The shrine of the head office was renovated with the dedication of the clan members as a memorial of the Heisei era, and on the shrine festival, in the spirit of [reverence for the gods and ancestors], the shrine deities and the spirits of our ancestors are enshrined and passed to the shrine.