A Suwa shrine in Nakamachi, Hanno, enshrining Takeminakata no Kami, the deity of agriculture, martial arts, and hunting from the Suwa Taisha tradition. A branch of the Suwa faith network spread across Musashi, it has served as guardian of farmers and mountain-dwellers in Hanno's hill country since medieval times. The forested precinct in the Oku-Musashi mountains exudes the crisp air of a mountain…
Hanno Suwa Jinja is said to have been founded around 1200, at the beginning of the Kamakura period, when the deity Takeminakata no Kami was enshrined here as a branch of Suwa Taisha in Shinano Province. The Suwa faith spread across Musashi Province during the late Heian and Kamakura periods, closely…
Victory in contests, sports, and critical challenges. Rooted in warrior-deity shrines such as Hachiman and Suwa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "建御名方命"
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