Shinomura Hachiman Shrine - Shinomura Hachiman Shrine

Japanese: 篠村八幡宮 - しのむらはちまんぐう

A shrine in Kuwata County, Tanba (present-day Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture). Shinomura Manor was originally the property of Taira Shigehira, and after the defeat of the Taira clan, it became the domain of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. At this time, Shinomura Hachiman Shrine was probably established with a request from Iwashimizu-sha Shrine. Yoshitsune donated the manor to Enro, the founder of Hokkesan-ji Temple, and it became the property of the temple throughout the Middle Ages. According to the Nan-Taiheiki, Ashikaga Takauji raised an army to overthrow the shogunate at the head of this Hachiman shrine in April 1333 (Genko 3), and had the right-hand writer Hikita Myogen write a petition for the shrine. However, the handwriting of Takauji currently held by the shrine is clearly different from that of Hikita Myogen, and the signature is weak, raising doubts as to whether it was written at that time.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

丹波桑田郡(現，京都府亀岡市)の神社。篠村荘はもと平重衡の所領で，平氏追討後，源義経の知行となった。このとき，おそらく石清水社から勧請されて篠村八幡宮が成立したと考えられる。義経は同荘を法華山寺開山の円朗に寄進し，以後中世を通じて同寺領となった。《難太平記》によれば，足利尊氏は1333年(元弘3)4月，当八幡の社頭において討幕の挙兵を行い，右筆疋田妙玄に願書を書かしめたとあるが，現在同社が所蔵する尊氏の願文は疋田妙玄の筆跡とは明らかに相違し，花押も弱く，当時のものであることが疑問視されている。

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