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金王八幡宮社殿及び門 附 渡り廊下
| Cultural property name | Konnoh Hachimangu Shrine, Gate, and Connecting Corridor |
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| Commentary | According to the chronicle of the shrine, Kawasaki Motoie, the patriarch of the Shibuya clan, established Konnoh Hachimangu Shrine in 1092. After it was decided that Tokugawa Iemitsu will be the third shogun, in 1612, Aoyama Tadatoshi, the guradian of Iemitsu, and Kasuga no Tsubone, the wet nurse of Iemitsu, began constructing the current shrine. Although it has been repaired occasionally since then, it is an important building retaining the architectural style of the early Edo period. The gate of the shrine is theorized to have been built in either 1769 or 1801. It was undoubtedly built sometime during the middle Edo period, and it still stands today after being repaired several times. The residences of the Shibuya clan are said to have been located in the hills of this area. There was the Kamakura Road to the east, the Shibuya River to the west, and the Kurokuwa Valley, a low valley-shaped terrain, to the northeast—these geographic features surrounded these residences. Also, several gushing springs existed at the time in these hills. Thus, these hills were prime locations for their mansions. However, during the battle between the Hojo clan and the Uesugi clan, a Hojo army burned down these residences in 1524. In 2010, as a structure attached to the shrine that further increases its worth, the connecting corridor became a designated tangible cultural property of the city of Shibuya as well. |