Suehiro Jinja (末廣神社)
Suehiro Jinja Temizu-ya (water pavilion) Suehiro Jinja (末廣神社) is a Shinto shrine in the Nihonbashiningyocho District of Chuo-ku, Tokyo. The signage at the shrine indicates that Suehiro Jinja enshrines the kami (deity) Ukanomitama-no-Mikoto (宇賀之美多麻命). However, its official website states the shrine also enshrines 4 additional kami and Bishamonten (毘沙門天). The shrine's founding date is unclear. Old records indicates the shrine already existed in 1596. In 1615, under the orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Yamamotoin Jikko was summoned from Suruga Province to serve at the shrine. In 1617, Shoji Jin'emon and others, with the permission of the Edo shogunate, developed the surrounding area, which was previously uncultivated marshland. This development gave rise to Edo's first licensed pleasure quarter, Yoshiwara. As the town grew vibrant, people began worshiping the shrine as the tutelary deity of the area. In 1656, the Edo shogunate ordered the relocation of Yoshiwara as part of Edo...
