Sumida Hachiman Shrine

Japanese: 隅田八幡宮 - すだはちまんぐう

This shrine is located in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture. At the end of the 9th century, Sumida Manor, which was part of the Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine territory, was established here, and the shrine was originally enshrined as the guardian deity of the manor. It later became the tutelary deity of the betto Sumida clan. The inscription on the Sumida Hachiman Eijikyo, a shrine treasure, is famous as the oldest bronze inscription in Japan, along with the inscription on a sword excavated from the Funayama Kofun Tumulus in Kumamoto Prefecture, and is a national treasure.

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Japanese:

和歌山県橋本市に鎮座する神社。9世紀末この地に石清水 (いわしみず) 八幡宮領の隅田荘が設置され，その荘の鎮守神として勧請されたのが始り。その後，別当隅田氏の氏神となった。社宝の隅田八幡画像鏡の銘文は，熊本県船山古墳出土の太刀の銘文とともに，日本最古の金文として有名で国宝。

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