The chief guardian shrine of the Chichibu region with over 2,100 years of history, enshrining the ancestor of the Chichibu provincial governor.
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Founded around 87 BCE during Emperor Sujin's reign when Chichibu-hiko, ancestor of the Chichibu provincial governor, enshrined the ancestral deity here.
Listed in the Engishiki as
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Passing exams, scholarly achievement, calligraphy. Especially at Tenjin shrines honoring Sugawara no Michizane.
Derived from the enshrined deity "八意思兼命・知知夫彦命・天之御中主神・秩父宮雍仁親王"
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