Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property

Title:

Oyamato jinja no koshinto

Koshin Tower of Oyamato-jinja Shrine

大倭神社の庚申塔

No. of features:

One structure

Designated:

January 5, 1973

Location:

6-411 Mihashi, Nishi Ward

Owner:

Under the religious juridical oversight of Oyamato-jinja Shrine

Description:

This 2.56 meter-tall hatted, square koshin pillar is topped by a three-dimensional sculpture of Shomen Kongo seated upon a demon. It was built in 1721 and consequently features the Siddham-script seed syllable (bija) for Shomen Kongo engraved near the top portion of the square pillar. The reliefs below depict two young boys who are being lifted by what is thought to be a guardian deity, with two chickens and three monkeys decorating the pedestal. 

The arrangement of Shomen Kongo’s image seated upon the hatted portion of the pillar is rare. This piece stands alongside the Koshin Tower of Tsuji as one of the few examples of this style within Saitama City. 

Associated Texts:

Cultural Properties of Omiya, 2 (Omiya City Board of Education, published in 1986)

Omiya City Cultural Property Survey Report, Vol. 26 (Omiya City Board of Education, published in 1989)

Omiya’s Koshin Towers, Omiya Sosho 1 (Omiya City Board of Education, published in 1998)

When visiting, please be mindful of your actions and avoid disturbing the owners of the cultural property, local residents, and other visitors.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL: 048-829-1723 FAX: 048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/019/003/003/p000452.html