筑摩神社, Shinto shrine in Japan
Tsukuma Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Matsumoto featuring a main hall rebuilt in 1439 during the Muromachi period, now designated as an important cultural property. The grounds contain multiple structures including a prayer hall completed in 1610 with an upturned roof style, a bronze bell cast in 1514, and several smaller shrines dedicated to different deities.
The shrine was established in 794 when followers of a sacred site called Ishiyamizu Hachiman-gu came to establish a new place of worship, originally known by the names Tsukuma Hachiman-gu or Kokufu Hachiman-gu. Over the centuries the shrine underwent multiple repairs, with major reconstruction in the 1400s and rebuilding of the prayer hall in the early 1600s by a local feudal lord.
The shrine is also called Shō-Hachiman-gū, and after the provincial capital of Shinano moved to Tsukuma District it was known as Kokufu Hachiman-gū. From the Muromachi period it was revered by the Ogasawara clan, descendants of the Seiwa Genji, as their ancestral deity. The bronze bell bears an inscription dated 1514 recording its donation by Ogasawara Nagamune.
The shrine is free to visit at any time and takes about 15 minutes to walk through, with free parking for roughly five vehicles nearby. To meet with the shrine staff or offer a prayer, advance notice is required, and the location sits roughly 20 minutes by car from Matsumoto Interchange or about 30 minutes on foot from the train station.
The bronze bell was donated in 1514 by Ogasawara Nagamune, as recorded in an inscription on the bell itself. It originally hung at Anyō-ji, the shrine's former betto temple, which no longer exists. It is designated a Matsumoto City Important Cultural Property.
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