Historical Spots in Ako（8）

Misaki district

（１）Syoufukuji Temple

　Soutousyu Fudarakusan Syoufukuji Temple was Inkyoji Temple
of Syuganryuden Buddhist priest of Kagakuji Temple Kaisan
when Naganao Asano came in Akoh for the first time. Then it was
built for his mother and father's Bodai.

Shofukuji Temple

　First,it was built in Kariya,on Genroku14 (1701) Ryousetsu
Buddhist preist transferred present land lot as Ryousetsuan.
It extends to nowadays on Houei3 (1706) Jigo as Syoufukuji
Temple.
　In the temple,Goban which Yoshio Ohishi and Ryousetsu Buddhist
priest used,parent's picture which Yoshio wrote and Gishi's letter
and so on was preserved.

（２）Iwatsuhime Shrine

Iwatsuhime Shrine

　This shrine which deifies Iwatsuhime Ohkami is only Engishiki
Naisha (shrine which appear Jinmyocho in Heian era) and was
deified in this land from long ago.
　At beginning it was deified Hachijoiwa. But there are minutes
that Naganori Asano transferred in this land on Edo era,Tenwa 3
(1683). In this way,things that had been deified on big rocks,
because in long ago,there were belief that god resides in moun-
tains and huge rocks,this shrine is said that it was deified by
Iwagami Shinko.