Take Shrine Treasure House

Completion year

17th century

Address

3-1-13 Miyanomachi, Akigun Fuchucho, Hiroshima（Google Map）

Fuchu-cho is a historic area where the Aki Provincial Government is said to have been located. The Take Shrine (Enomiya, said to have been the temporary lodgings built for Emperor Jimmu during his eastern expedition) is said to be associated with the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan). The location of the shrine was lost during the Edo period (1603-1868), but it was rebuilt in the Meiji period (1868-1912) at its current location. At that time, the shrine pavilions of the Inari Shrine in the San-no-maru area of Hiroshima Castle were relocated to the present site. Of these shrine buildings, the treasure house remains as it was at that time, and is considered one of the few remaining buildings of Hiroshima Castle.
It is characterized by its azekura-zukuri style, the same as that of Nara's Shosoin, in which the roof is supported not by pillars but by the walls as a whole. The wall members are usually pentagonal (a triangle with two corners cut off) in cross section, but this is hexagonal (a square with two corners cut off), and is said to be the only surviving azekura (ancient log storehouse) of its kind.
[Prefecturally Designated Cultural Property]