@ The shrine is another called Yamasaka
Myojin or Tanabe Jinja and is originated
from the era when Tanabenosukune worshipped
his ancestor's God but it is unknown when
it was founded .According to the historical
record named Sendai Jitsuroku , we are able
to find Tanabe Nishinokami and Tanabe Higashinokami
in the 4 th year of Jokan (862) under the
reign of the Emperor Seiwa The former is
said to be this shrine and the latter is
Nakai Jinja . The shrine had a ground of
as many as 30,000 square meters by the record
of land surveying in the 16 th year of Genroku
(1703 ). |