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## Omiya Hikawa Shrine
Within the Omiya post-station (this area is called the Hikawato Manor, Takanaha Village), on the right side of the highway, there stands a torii gate and a standing stone. Proceeding approximately 18 chō (roughly 2 km) from here, one reaches the main shrine. The shrine's estate yields 300 koku, and the chief priests of the Tsunoi and Iwai families conduct the worship there. There are three deities enshrined: to the right of the main hall is Susanoo no Mikoto (called the Nantai-no-Miya, or "Male Body Shrine," also known as the Inner Shrine); to the left is Kushinadahime no Mikoto (called the Nyotai-no-Miya, or "Female Body Shrine," also referred to as the Inner Shrine); and the main hall enshrines Ōanamuchi no Mikoto (called the Hiwako-no-Miya).
This is none other than the First Shrine (Ichinomiya) of Musashi Province, listed in the Engishiki as a Myōjin Taisha (Great Shrine of Named Deities), and ranks as the premier official shrine in the monthly and harvest festival rites.
**Arahahaki Shrine**: Located beside the main hall. It enshrines the two deities Tenazuchi and Ashinazuchi. The Musashi Province Fudoki states it was founded in the third year of Emperor Mimatsuhiko Kaeshine's reign; this likely refers to this very shrine.
**Munakata Shrine**: Located to the left of the same bridge. The enshrined deities are three goddesses: Tagorihime, Okitsuhime, and Ichikishimahime.
**Itsuyamazumi Shrine**: Located behind the main hall. It enshrines five deities: Ōyamazumi, Nakayamazumi, Fumotoyamazumi, Masakayamazumi, and Kurayamazumi.
**Honchidō (Main Sanctuary Hall)**: Located to the north of the sacred pond (mitarashi). Kannon (Avalokiteśvara) is the principal image. There are five resident Buddhist priests; it is a branch temple of the Gochiin in Edo, belonging to the Shingi Shingon sect, whose primary function is conducting the honchi-ku (esoteric rites for the shrine's Buddhist manifestation).
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**Cited Sources:**
*Engishiki Jinmyōchō* states: "Hikawa Shrine, Adachi District, Musashi Province — Myōjin Taisha, included in Monthly and Harvest rites, etc."
*Ichinomiya Ki* states: "Hikawa Shrine, Adachi District, Musashi Province — Susanoo no Mikoto, etc." The *Jinmyōchō Tōchū* states: "Hikawa Shrine, Adachi District, Musashi Province — Yamato Takeru no Mikoto solicited the enshrinement of Susanoo no Mikoto during his eastern campaign, etc."
*Sandai Jitsuroku* states: "On the 19th day of the 11th month of Jōgan 11 (869), the rank of Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade was elevated to Senior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade for Hikawa Shrine of Musashi Province, etc."
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**[Left folio]**
*Musashi Province Fudoki* states: "Hikawa Shrine of Adachi District — 100 bundles of shrine rice fields in the shape of a cross, surrounded by fields. Founded in the third year of the reign of Emperor Mimatsuhiko Kaeshine (W辰). Deities: Susanoo no Mikoto, Ōanamuchi, and Kushinadahime — three shrines in total, etc."
*Azuma Kagami* states: "On the 14th day of the 11th month of Jishō 4 (1180), Doi Jirō Sanehira issued a directive to the temples and shrines of Musashi Province, having received a complaint that various persons were trespassing upon the sacred precincts and causing disorder. He ordered that such activities be ceased, etc."
The same work states: "On the 10th day of the 11th month of Antei 3 (1229), due to a lightning strike on the 4th of that month, prayers were offered for the peace of the realm, and envoys carrying votive offerings were dispatched to the ichinomiya (first shrines) of nearby provinces. Envoys from Sagami Province, the governor of Suruga, and a Musashi envoy (passage omitted) each presented divine horses, sacred swords, and other offerings. It was also commanded that the Daihannya-kyō (Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra) be recited at the shrine, with the superintendent priests, chief officiants, and Minamoto no Tadashige and others managing the proceedings, etc."
*Bokei-shū* (A waka poem dedicated to the Hikawa Shrine, composed on the theme of "snows remaining though the imperial progress has passed"):
*Oi-raku no mi wo tsumite koso Musashino no kusa ni itsu made nokoru shira-yuki*
(Even as old age weighs upon this body, like the white snow upon the grasses of Musashino, how long will it linger?) — Mochisuke
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**Votive Petition of Taira no Sadamori** — one document:
According to the *Zen Taiheiki*, when Shōheita Sadamori, together with his younger brothers Shigemori and Kanetō, set forth to the eastern provinces to suppress Masakado, they visited this shrine and each placed one whistling arrow (*kabura-ya*) of the upper type (*uwazashi*), along with their written petition, in the shrine's treasure hall. The shrine priest at that time is recorded as Hyōbu no Shōyū Masanori; however, the shrine records give his name as Hyōbu Gon-no-Taifu Tominori. The text of the petition reads:
"We humbly submit this prayer. Verily, the Great Deity Hikawa Daimyōjin, in the illumination of divine providence, shines bright as the moon in the eastern quarter, bestowing the radiance of lapis lazuli; through the virtue of manifested divine transformation, benefits flow to the south, reaching the shores of all the land. In recent years, the rebel Masakado has willfully seized and plundered the eight provinces, causing turmoil among countless people, self-proclaiming himself a prince, establishing offices at his own discretion, disregarding the way of true governance, quickly losing the hearts of the people — his violence and wickedness know no bounds. Yet our father, Kuniyoshi, unable to witness such accumulated evil, raised troops intending to..." *(continued on next page)*