Standing at the foot of an inconspicuous Mount Sarutou, Yamamoto Kansuke introduced Kira Manshomaru: "There are many shrines in Mikawa, but the one that the samurai family worships the most is Sarutou Shrine. When you come to Kamo County, you must come to Sarutou Shrine.
Lord, let’s go hiking together and take a look.”
Following the direction pointed by Kansuke Yamamoto, you can indeed see a red torii gate among the green mountains. It is the Sarutou Shrine in Sannomiya, Mikawa Province, also known as Sato Shrine.
Ichinomiya refers to the shrine with the highest social status in the region. It is usually called a shrine. It is one of the shrines in the multi-command state. Although there is no document that stipulates the criteria for selecting the first shrine, it has the function of being a semi-official social status.
The shrines whose social structure is second to that of the first palace are called the second palace, and the shrines whose social order is second to the first palace are called the third palace. A few shrines with shrines in order have fourth and fifth palaces.
Walking on the approach road leading to Sarutou Shrine, the road to Daiji Shrine has been the best since ancient times. Even the big shrines in distant countries are not much worse than the streets in Kinki. Among the many shrines in Mikawa Kingdom, there are mainly four major shrines.
, they were rated as the fourth shrine, among which the first shrine is Toshika Shrine, the second shrine is Tomori Shrine, the third shrine is Sarutou Shrine, and the fourth shrine is Ishinomaki Shrine. He is not interested in the question of how to balance the four shrines and who is the first shrine.
This time I was just visiting as an ordinary hiker.
After crossing the torii gate in front of the shrine, we were greeted by the shrine's great blessing. Under the warm reception of the shrine's great blessing, Kira Mansomaru and a group of dozens of people simply drank some cakes at the shrine and then left.
Looking at the scenery inside the Daishu Tourist Club, the Sarutou Shrine, which is a local shrine, is actually very small. It seems to be less than one-tenth the size of Honjoji Temple. The "Kojiki" and "Nihonsho" are enshrined in several rooms in twos and threes.
A legendary figure that only appears in "The Chronicles".
The main worshiping deity is Ousu Ming, also known as Ousui Prince. This Ousui prince is the son of the twelfth generation Emperor Keiyuki. It is said that he died in Sarutou Mountain unluckily because he was poisoned by snake venom. Then this shrine became
It was established under Emperor Nakaai's decree. Kira Mansho Shomaru had always stayed away from such myths and legends that were completely unreliable. This time, he simply paid homage to the wooden statue and sent a few Yongle coins.
He pays no attention to worshiping gods, but the Yuantou Shrine contains many things that have been enshrined by the ministers and warriors of the past dynasties, such as swords and armors. What is particularly surprising is that it also contains the "Collected Commentary of the Spring and Autumn Classics" and "Collected Commentary of the Analects of Confucius"
, "Annotation of Historical Records" and other important historical books.
Among them are the "Emperor Fan" written and printed by Li Shimin himself, and the "Chen Gui" written and printed by Wu Zetian. In addition, there are "Selected Works" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Bai Juyi's "Collected Works of the Bai Family" and other famous books in the collection.
Most of the books come from the Tang Dynasty, and the side view shows that this shrine is quite old.
"It is said that the name of Kamo County comes from the leader of Kamo Gozu Shrine. The chief priest of the shrine is a middle-aged man named Kamo, and I don't know what it has to do with the Kamo clan in Kyoto." Kira
Wan Matsumaru was disgusted with this shrine priest who always had a flattering smile on his face, and felt that he didn't look like a shrine priest at all.
Under the urging of Kira Mansomaru, the worship meeting was completed in less than half an hour. Looking at Kamo's unfinished congratulations, he seemed to be having a pleasant chat with Yamamoto Kansuke, but he didn't care what the two of them were talking about.
What's wrong? Now I just want to go back and wash off the dust and sweat on my body. The bangs on my forehead are all stuck to my forehead. This feeling is really terrible.
It had just been raining and the sky had cleared up less than a day ago, but the big sun brought back the scorching heat. As he was going down the mountain road, he heard Yamaoka Zenjiro complaining to him in a low voice: "It's such a hot day after riding a horse all morning. , Is it really okay to go to this Sangu Shrine to worship the gods without drinking a few cups of tea? But having said that, Atsuta Shrine seems to be only a Sangu Shrine, but it is very famous. This is really strange. I don’t know what these shrines really are. How do you evaluate the one-house system?"
Zenjiro Yamaoka was full of complaints, and the horsemen following him were naturally complaining. Riding a horse on this hot day was not a pleasant thing. Just now, he had thought of staying in the big shrine to deepen his relationship with the beautiful little miko. At this moment, he was turned into a water bunny again, almost sticking out his tongue to exhale.
Walking down the mountain and walking south along the approach of Sarutou Shrine, I happened to encounter a team of more than 20 people passing by. The leading grandmothers themselves were wearing Wufu waist and hip tachi, and the 20 or so people rode back with the Kira family's horse. Everyone got on their horses, and the two teams looked at each other silently and passed each other. It seemed that they were also coming to pay homage to Sarutou Shrine, but they looked very strange and I didn't know which Mikawa family they were.
The Kira family's team politely stood on the side of the mountain and waited for the people going up the mountain to pass. It was not until the group of people going up the mountain gradually disappeared into the shrine that Yamamoto Kansuke said: "They are from the Matsudaira family of Kamo County and the Takiwaki Matsudaira family." People, these two families are the main force of the Matsudaira family’s oppression of the Nakajo family in Kamo County, and most of the more than 20 villages lost by the Nakajo family were taken away by these two families.”
"Oh! That Matsudaira Kiyoyasu family who is said to be able to dominate the world if they live beyond the age of thirty, I remembered! It seems that the Matsudaira family claims to be the descendant of the Kamo family, right?" Kira Manshomaru suddenly remembered an article about the later Tokugawa. An interesting story about Ieyasu changing his Miao character to Miao. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who called himself Genji, changed his name to a new Miao name, Tokugawa. He first claimed to be a descendant of the Tokugawa clan, a branch of the Fujiwara clan, and later called himself a descendant of the Seiwa Gen clan, the Nitta-ryu Sage family, the Tokugawa clan Matsudaira. As a descendant of the family, the tricks in it are really thought-provoking.
"Yes! The Matsudaira clan is indeed a branch of the Kamo clan in Kyoto. Matsudaira Nobumitsu once served as the judge of Ise Sadachika, the deacon of the shogunate. One year before the Onin Rebellion broke out, he was appointed by Ise Sadachika to go to Mikawa Kingdom to assist Mikawa. Guarding Hosokawa Nariyuki, he managed the imperial palace that was attacked by the people of Natsuda County, and established the Iwazu Matsudaira clan based on this." Yamamoto Kansuke gave a concise and comprehensive introduction to the Matsudaira family, and Kira Mansomaru immediately became interested in this mysterious Matsudaira family. The family has a clear understanding.
The entire Kira family despises the Matsudaira family who surrendered and then rebelled, and no one even wants to mention them in the family. However, he has a rough understanding of the Matsudaira family's short family history. In the second year of the Ming Dynasty (1493 AD), The Jō family and the magistrates launched the Ino-dōka war against the Iwazu Matsudaira family, but were defeated by the Matsudaira family with four thousand versus two thousand. From then on, the Nakajo family fell into decline.
In the fifth year of Eisho (AD 1508), the Imagawa family army led a large army to attack Iwazu Castle on behalf of Ise Munezui. In the end, due to the unknown expedition of the Mikawa Division and the difficulty of logistical supply, the division's veterans were exhausted. Matsudaira Nagachichi, who was trapped in the battle to the death, joined forces with Toda of the eight counties. The clan teamed up to defeat him, and this Ise Sorui was Hojo Soun, the first head of the Go-Hojo family.
Although it cannot be proved that Matsudaira Nagauchi has abilities comparable to the first generation governor of the Hojo family just because he defeated the teacher's expedition Soun Hojo, this is definitely something that the Matsudaira family can boast about. The Kira family dislikes the Matsudaira clan very much, but this is not the case.
Affects Kira Manshomaru's judgment.
How could we not pay attention to this family that aspires to dominate the world? Unfortunately, the situation within the Matsudaira clan is very complicated. Although there are still several subordinates of the Kira clan, there is little news from within this clan, and the Matsudaira clan has
There is no old love left for the old master Kira who once submitted to him.
Kira Mansomaru thought for a while and said: "So, the Matsudaira family is indeed from the Kamo family, the Owari Oda family is from the Kibe family, the Suwa family from Suwa County, and the Aso family from Kyushu,
These are all from the great Zhu family of the palace minister, but they are able to seize territory from their subordinates. It is incredible to say that."
The Kira family usually pays homage to their own Mibasahachimangu Shrine, and rarely to other shrines. They have no good impression of these samurai who were born in Daishu or palace ministers, let alone have much friendship. For example, they did not sell Owari weaving this time.
The Tian family's reputation made Oda Nobhiro very angry.
"Lord, you will get used to it gradually in the future." Kansuke Yamamoto smiled at Kira Mansomaru, who looked uninterested, and looked at the setting sun on the horizon: "There are still two hours before the sun sets. We need to go back quickly.
Otherwise Tajima-den will complain about me again."