Kotohira-gu, commonly known as Konpira-san, is enshrined on the mid-slope of Mount Zozu in Kotohira-cho, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa Prefecture, and serves as the head shrine of all Kotohira and Kotohira Jinja throughout Japan, enshrining Okuninushi-no-Mikoto and Emperor Sutoku. Since the Edo period the shrine has drawn enormous popular devotion, expressed in the saying that one should make the Konpira p…

The exact founding date of Kotohira-gu remains unknown, but the shrine on Mount Zōzu has long been venerated as a sacred site. During the medieval period, it was worshipped as "Konpira Daigongen," a syncretic deity blending Shinto and Buddhist traditions. In the early modern era, the shrine received…