Kuramae Jinja (蔵前神社)
Kuramae Jinja (蔵前神社) The haiden of Kuramae Jinja Kuramae Jinja (蔵前神社/藏前神社) is a Shinto shrine , in the Kuramae District in Taito-ku , Tokyo , enshrining the deities of Hondawakenosumera-mikoto (誉田別天皇), Okinagatarashihime-no-mikoto (息長足姫命), Hime-no-ookami (姫大神), Ukanomitama-no-mikoto (倉稲魂命) , Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道真公) , and Shiotsuchinoikina-no-mikoto (塩土翁命). The origin of the shrine traces back when the fifth shogun of the Edo Shogunate , Tokugawa Tsunayoshi , enshrined the deity of Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Otokoyama of Yamashiro no kuni (Kyoto). The shrine served as a guardian deity of the kimon of Edo Castle and one of the shrines the Tokugawa Family used for prayers. The official name of the shrine was Iwashimizu Hachimangu, but was commonly called Kuramae Hachiman or Higasi Iwashimizugu. The shrine was administered by the betto-ji , Otokoyamadaigoin. Shrine office The shrine caught fire 39 years after it was founded and moved to Asakura Mishima-cho. The shrine moved agai
