The members of the Suzuki clan extended all over Japan as Shinto priests, through the kanjin (solicitation campaigns) of Kumano-jinja Shrine, and using the maritime traffic on the Pacific Ocean side with Kumano as its base, 鈴木氏は熊野神社の勧進や熊野を基地とする太平洋側の海上交通に乗って全国的に神官として分散した。 |