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Ichogaoka Hachiman Shrine
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Yolanda
September 29, 2016
Ichogaoka Hachiman Shrine, just a minute's walk from Asakusabashi Station, is said to have its roots in when the samurai commander Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (968-1048) planted a ginkgo tree branch on what used to be the hill that this shrine was on while on his way to subdue rebels in Chiba prefecture (and who surrendered before he got there!). Ichogaoka means "ginkgo hill." Hachiman was the tutelary god of warriors, worshiped by the Minamoto clan. In the Edo period the shrine became part of the grounds of the Edo (i.e., Tokyo) residence of the Matsudaira family of Fukui province and enshrined the province's ancestral guardian deity. At the time of the Meiji Restoration, it was redesignated as a local township shrine.
Ichogaoka Hachiman Shrine, just a minute's walk from Asakusabashi Station, is said to have its roots in when the samurai commander Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (968-1048) planted a ginkgo tree branch on what used to be the hill that this shrine was on while on his way to subdue rebels in Chiba prefecture (…
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1-chōme-29-11 Asakusabashi
Taito City, Tokyo