Honjō Hachimangū

Honjo Hachimangu Shrine is a shrine located in Kojima Kayo, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. The deities enshrined are Shinadabetsu no Mikoto, Ashinakahiko no Mikoto, and Sonagatahime no Mikoto. The company rank is Gosha. == Overview == According to the shrine's legend, Gyoki opened Jinguji Hachiman-in (currently Tsujoyama Hannya-in) in the first year of Taiho (701), and was commissioned from Usa Jingu as its guardian. Michio Kojima became the general guardian of the 12 villages. Shrine priests from Jinguji Temple served. It is said that in the early Heian period, in the 23rd year of Enryaku (804), Tamuramaro Sakanoue subdued the bandits on Mt. Yuga and donated 150 kamifu as a reward. In the second year of Kenji (1276) in the middle of the Kamakura period, the divine territory of Mt. Kumano was distributed. In 1279, a red seal with 80 koku of shrine land was issued. In 1482, in the middle of the Muromachi period, the neighboring lord of Honta Castle, Minamoto no Masanawa Masakichi, attacked our company and destroyed the subsidiary shrine.