History
According to text in the Sendai Kuji Hongi (Kujiki), Chichibuhiko-no-mikoto, the tenth-generation descendant of the Kuni no miyatsuko of Chichibu Province, established the shrine in the tenth year of Emperor Sujin to worship Yagokoro-omoikane-no-mikoto.
The shrine enhrines
- Yagokoroomoikane no mikoto (八意思兼命?)
- Chichibuhiko no mikoto (知知夫彦命?)
- Amenominakanushi no kami (天之御中主神?)
- Prince Chichibu (秩父宮雍仁親王, Chichibunomiyayasuhito shinno?)
During the Kamakura period, the shrine merged with a neighboring temple, and was known as Myōken-gū until the separation of Shinto and Buddhism (Shinbutsu bunri) in the late-19th century.
In the Edo period, it was one of 34 sacred sites of the old Chichibu Province or Chichibu District.
In the Meiji period it took the name Chichbu Shrine, with the characters 知知夫神社 appearing on the tablet of the torii.
In the system of ranked Shinto shrines, Chichibu was listed among the 3rd class of nationally significant shrines or Kokuhei Shōsha (国幣小社?).
The shrine's grounds include a number of subsidiary shrines. A Tenjin Shrine, Tōshō-gū, and a Suwa Shrine are among them.
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