Its history before the early modern ages is unknown, but in 1656 during the Edo period, Takakuni KYOGOKU from the Miyazu Domain constructed the shrine to pray for curing Ietsuna TOKUGAWA, the fourth shogun, of smallpox (historical plaque on a shrine warehouse building). 近世以前の沿革は不明であるが、江戸時代には明暦2年(1656年)に宮津藩京極高国が将軍徳川家綱の疱瘡平癒を祈願して社殿を造営した(社蔵棟札)。 |