| While, the enshrined deity was moved to the house of machi-doshiyori (ward head) by citizens, then enshrined secretly in the back of a shrine for the Ebisu (a god of fishing and commerce), and that is why the Kotoshiro nushi is enshrined together in the present Hokoku-jinja Shrine. |
しかし、町民によって祭神は町年寄の家へ移され、その後、恵比須神を祀る神社の奥社で密かに祀っていた（現在の豊国神社で事代主が一緒に祀られているのはこのため）。 |