Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Building)

Title:

Nakayamajinja kyuuhonden

The Former Main Sanctuary of Nakayama-jinja Shrine

中山神社旧本殿

No. of features:

One structure

Designated:

February 21, 2020

Location:

Nakayama-jinja Shrine

143 Nakagawa, Minuma Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of Nakayama-jinja Shrine

Description:

  This 2-bay “store-shelf-style” shrine (“misedana-zukuri”) has elongated, eave-style gables (“nagare-zukuri”) and a tiled roof. The purlins are 2.42 meters long, the beams are 1.55 meters long, and the eave extends 1.43 meters out from the main roof. This shrine contains wood that was determined through carbon dating to be from the late 15th ~ early 16th century.  

Associated Texts:

(1986). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 2). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

While visitors are encouraged to admire the outside of this structure, looking inside is forbidden. Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

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/004/005/006/001/017/010/002/p000206.html