Igusa Hachimangu

井草八幡宮
The shrine is located in the middle of the Musashino Plateau, and many traces of Stone Age habitation have been discovered in the precincts of our shrine and the surrounding area, and various types of pottery and stone tools have been discovered. Among them, the mid-Jomon period fishing hand-shaped earthenware (in our collection, an important cultural property) was used for ceremonies, and it can be seen that our company is located on an ancient sacred site and has been revered since ancient times. In the fifth year of Bunji (1189), Minamoto Yoritomo prayed to us during the conquest of the Oshu Fujiwara clan, but this year the water was dry due to the continuous dry weather. Legend has it that Yoritomo himself made a hole in the ground with his bow, and after the seventh time, water finally gushed out. Because the water came out so slowly, this spring was named the "Slow Well". Until the Edo period, this area was also called Taranoi, and our company was called Taranoi Hachimangu. With the arrival of Minamoto Yoritomo, the company, which had enshrined Kasugasha, took shape as Hachimangu. It is said that in the ninth year of civilization (1477), Ota Michikan prayed to us for victory when attacking the Toshima clan at Shakujii Castle. In the Edo period, the third shogun, Iemitsu, donated the red seal land (six stones), and since then it has been in the first year of the epidemic (1860) at the end of the Edo period. Mr. Imagawa of Jitou also deeply revered our company, and the main shrine, which was renovated by Mr. Imagawa in the fourth year of Kanbun (1664), is the oldest existing wooden building in Suginami Ward, and is housed in the covered hall at the back of the worship hall. In the Meiji system, it was defined as a village shrine, and it was listed as a Showa Sannen Gosha and in Showa 41 as a separate table shrine, and it continues to this day. On the annual holiday in October, the Shinto Festival is held once every three years, and the ancient Kabubu Horse Shrine is held once every five years.