Torigoe Shrine

Torigoe Shrine was the prince of Emperor Kageyuki (the twelfth generation of the human emperor), Japan Takeson, who was stationed here for a while at the time of the Imperial Expedition to Toyi. The people of the land adored and respected his virtues, and enshrined the Shiratori Shrine (Myojin-sama) there. He was a man who served the Emperor Amaterasu, and when the Fujiwara clan of the Nara period descended to the country of Musashi as a national priest, he was enshrined in honor of his ancestor. In addition, Toshogu Shrine (Prince Tokugawa Ieyasu) was enshrined in the old Minamimoto-cho (Kuramae 4-chome) as a protection against the demon gate of Edo Castle in the 11th year of Kanei at the request of the third shogun, Prince Tokugawa Iemitsu, and was enshrined in the 14th year of the Taisho era. As it is written in the Hokkuni travelogue, "In the sea village called Torigoe on the Sumida River...", about 500 years ago, it was a sea village, and it was a village on a small hill with trees, and the southeast side was a village on the highway facing the sea (present-day Tokyo Bay). In the Miscellaneous Chronicle of the Times, it is sung that "at the end of the day, when you go to sleep, go to bed, Torigoe no Sato", and birds flock to the forest in search of roosting, and you will even feel quiet and nostalgic. Around the time of Yongjo, during the conquest of Oshu by Prince Yawata Taro Yoshiie, he was taught the shallow water by a white bird, and he was able to pass the army with ease. In honor of the blessing of the god Yoshike Shiratori Daimyo, the name of the place of Torigoe arose from the consecration of the name of the shrine. In the past, the precincts of the shrine were wide, and it is said that the shamisen moat, which was located on the border between Kojima Town and Shimodani Takecho, was a part of the precincts and was called Hime Pond and was a pond for Mitarai (a moat between the Ninja Pond - the Shinobi River and the Sumida River, which resembled the shamisen). When the Tokugawa shogunate opened in Edo, the moat was reclaimed and confiscated as the site of the banner and daimyo houses, and the mountain of Torigoe was demolished and used for reclamation for the shogunate's urban maintenance, rice storehouse, and earthwork of the Yanogura. Sakaki Shrine (Sixth Heaven) in Morita Town and Atsuta Shrine in Shamisen Hori were enshrined as the last shrines, but Sakaki Shrine was moved to Hottawara and Atsuta Shrine was moved to Mitani, and the area near Yoshinobashi was called Shin-Torigoe Town, so Torigoe was called Former Torigoe. At this time, the head office was about to be moved to another place, but the second Shinto lord Kaburagi Komasa petitioned the shogunate in various ways and remained in the original place, and he was honored as the Torigoe Sansho Myojin.