buried a complete set of armour (consisting of six items) in the area where the shrine was later built.  Some accounts link the shrine to Fujiwara Hidesato and Taira Masakado, two inveterate enemies of the time. One account says that after the former had killed and beheaded the latter he buried his armour and built a small shrine on the spot. This became known as Yoroi Myōjin, a name which was retained until late in the Edo Period. An extension of this has Fujiwara falling gravely ill and visiting Enshō-ji to pray to the spirit of Taira‘s armour to lift the curse which he thought had been placed on him in revenge for the killing and building a small shrine on the spot. Again, there is an old pine tree, the kabuto matsu, lit. helmet tree, in front of the shrine and this is said to mark the spot where Masakado’s helmet is buried. It seems that the local villagers worshipped Taira Masakado at the Yoroi Myōjin, but with the coming of the Meiji Restoration he was deemed to have been a traitor to the Imperial Court and his spirit was moved to a subordinate shrine. After 1945, however, he was again enshrined in the main hall in response to pleas from local people.  

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The most interesting of this shrine for me is the pair of koma-inu at the subordinate shrine, Tenjin-sha