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2065 Soga, Shiojiri City

Tokonou Shrine, Shiojiri City

Tokonou Shrine is located in a village near one of Japan's three major archaeological sites, the Hiraide Ruins.
Surrounded by deep cedar forests, the shrine stands quietly with a stone torii gate at the entrance, a kaguraden on the right, and the worship and main halls on the left.
The shrine's kagura is a city-designated cultural property, valuable in tracing folk performing arts.

Tokonou Shrine, Shiojiri City

Tokonou Shrine, Shiojiri City

Tokonou Shrine, Shiojiri City

The main hall stands behind the worship hall, with numerous small shrines beside it.
Enclosed by a fence with a gate at the entrance, the main hall is a single-bay Kasuga-zukuri structure.
Although currently copper-roofed, it was previously said to have a shingle roof.
Unlike other shrines, this structure lacks side panels, similar to the main hall of Tsukiizu Shrine in Shiojiri City.

Tokonou Shrine, Shiojiri City

The main hall's front features a lattice door with an inner door.
Each corner has round columns, and the front lintel has a carved phoenix.
The gable decoration includes a rainbow beam with a decorative bundle, and the eaves are double-layered.
The pent roof has chamfered corner pillars with tapir carvings and joined struts, with leaf carvings on the central beam. The upper rainbow beam has a peony carving.

Tokonou Shrine, Shiojiri City

Tokonou Shrine, Shiojiri City

The use of rainbow-shaped lintels in the main hall is also seen in the main halls of Arare Shrine and Tsukiizu Shrine in Shiojiri City, suggesting it was a common architectural technique in the mid-18th century around Shiojiri.

LocationSoga 2065, Shiojiri City
WebsiteNone
DeitiesTakeminakata-no-Mikoto, Kotoshironushi-no-Mikoto
Main HallHoreki Period (1751-1764)
Architectural StyleSingle-bay, Sumikiiri Kasuga-zukuri, copper-roofed
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