Kakimoto Shrine - Kakinomoto Shrine

Located in Takatsu-cho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture. Enshrining Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. It is said that Hitomaro died in Iwami Province (Shimane Prefecture), and after his death, a shrine was built on Kamo Island and a betto temple, Hitomaro-dera, was built to enshrine him. The shrine later sank to the bottom of the sea in an earthquake, but in the Edo period, Kamei, the lord of Tsuwano Domain, built a shrine building at its current location. Since then, it has been highly revered by the Imperial Court and the feudal lord, and in 1723 (8th year of the Kyoho era), the 1000th anniversary of the shrine's establishment, it was given the name Kakimoto Daimyojin and the rank of Shoichi. The shrine's land area is 13 koku. Former prefectural shrine. Annual festival held on April 15th. The "Kakimoto Shrine Gohoraku Tanzaku" is a nationally important art treasure.

[Sakamoto Koremaru]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

島根県益田(ますだ)市高津町に鎮座。柿本人麻呂(ひとまろ)を祀(まつ)る。人麻呂は石見(いわみ)国（島根県）で没したと伝えられ、没後鴨(かも)島に祠(ほこら)をつくり、別当寺人丸寺(ひとまろでら)を建立して奉祀(ほうし)した。のち祠殿(しでん)は地震で海底に沈んだが、江戸時代に入り津和野藩主亀井(かめい)氏が現在地に社殿を造営。以後、朝廷、藩主の崇敬厚く、1000年祭の1723年（享保8）柿本大明神の社号と正一位の神階を与えられた。社領は13石。旧県社。例祭4月15日。「柿本社御法楽短冊」は国の重要美術品。

［阪本是丸］

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