Miwa Shrine (Fukusato, Setouchi)
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Miwa Shrine is a shrine located in Fukusato, Nagafune-cho, Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture. The enshrined deity is the big name. It is a small Shikinai shrine called Ronsha, and there is another Miwa Shrine with the same name in Osafune town. The company rank is village company. It is also called Miwa Daimyojin.
== Overview ==
According to the shrine's biography, it is said to have been solicited from Omiwa Shrine in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture. The year of solicitation is unknown. There is also a legend that it was enshrined separately from Miwa Shrine in Higashisue, Osafune Town.
According to the ``Engishiki Shinmyocho'' and the ``Bizen Kokushiki Shako,'' the divine grade is Jusanmi, and according to the divine grade records of the Oei (1394-1427) and Meio (1492-1501), it is Shosanmi.
According to oral tradition, the shrine was abolished for a time, but in 1746 of the Edo period, a request was made to the Okayama clan to revive it.