Komori Shrine, enshrined in Makuhari, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, is widely worshipped as a guardian deity of child-rearing and safe childbirth with Komori no Kami as principal deity. The details of its founding are unclear, but faith in a god who protects children grew from an era when many children's lives were lost in Makuhari's old village. Komori Shrine faith spread across eastern Japan as folk bel…

Komori Shrine is traditionally said to date back to around the Meio era (1492–1501), placing its founding at the turn of the 16th century. Makuhari, a low-lying coastal settlement along Tokyo Bay, developed as a fishing and farming village where infant mortality was high, and a deep faith in a deity…