Deities of the Grounds

This god was originally displayed as a lantern in the tsubo-niwa of a townhouse in the south of the Imperial Palace. Around 1965, a family member complained to their husband that the ghost of a samurai warrior was appearing, but he didn't take them seriously. Soon after, all the family members developed unexplained back pain and were unable to get out of bed. Then one day, a stranger, a Buddhist monk, came to their house and said, "The cause is the stone lantern in the garden, so take this lantern to Araki Jinja on Inariyama Mountain." When they dug up the garden lantern, which was about 50 centimeters tall, they found the names "Ashikaga Inari Daimyoujin" and "Okunobo" carved into it. The lantern was taken to the shrine, but the stonemason who did the work also developed back pain and was unable to get out of bed. The priest at that time thought that he would hold a festival in a different place from now, so he placed it next to the current Chozuya, but this time the wife of the person who was taking care of the believers at that time couldn't get up because of back pain, and an armored warrior appeared in her dream and said, "Tell the priest to worship at your current location." As soon as the priest who heard it worshiped the lantern at the current location, all the back pain was healed, and since then, he has been worshiped as "the god who heals the back pain".