Izumo Taisha Tokyo Branch Shrine

The Izumo Taisha Tokyo Branch Shrine is the only branch shrine in Tokyo dedicated to the spirits of Izumo Taisha (Shimane Prefecture), and as a key part of eastern Japan, the 80th Kokuzo and the first director of Izumo Taisha Shrine, Senke Sonfuku, established a Tokyo branch office in the Kanda Shrine office in Chiyoda Ward in Meiji 11. Kanda Shrine is not only the same shrine as Izumo Taisha, but the priest at that time was Morigo Hirata of the Hirata school, and they had a close relationship, and the first head of the branch office was Toyoyoshi Motoi, who succeeded Nobunaga Motoi, and at the time of the deity theory, it was also the base of the Izumo school in Tokyo. Eventually, due to the religious policy of the Meiji government, the proselytizing by the priesthood was prohibited, and in May of the 15th year of the Meiji era, Prince Sofuku tried to establish a special religion of Izumo Taisha, but prior to that, the Tokyo branch office was moved to the Kami2 Office in Kojimachi Ward in April of the 15th year of the Meiji era. In May of the 16th year of the Meiji Era, a temple was established at the Tokyo Branch Office, and the shrine was enshrined in the shrine of Izumo Taisha by Prince Sonfuku, who was close to him and dedicated his spirits from Izumo, and the Tokyo branch shrine of Izumo Taisha was erected. At the inauguration ceremony, Prince Arisugawa Miyahata was in attendance, and a plaque of "Kyokoku Jiyu", which is the brush of the palace, was hung at the temple. At this time, Emperor Meiji presented the two volumes of Yamato Nishiki, and the fact that Prince Sonfuku himself erected it, is nothing less than an indication of the depth of the history of the shrine.