Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine Main Hall

A Carved One-Bay Main Hall

The Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine Main Hall (上の島神明神社本殿) is a one-bay nagare-style main hall with a front deck of the early Showa period in Kawashima Matsukuracho, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on October 2, 2007 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a timber hall with a copper roof and a building area of 10 square metres; registration number 21-0138.

A Carved One-Bay Nagare Hall

Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine in Kawashima Matsukuracho, Kakamigahara, has 7 registered structures built from the early Showa period to 1937: its main hall, offering hall, office, purification pavilion, torii, banbei screen and arched bridge (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The main hall faces south, a one-bay nagare-style hall with a front deck, 2 bays deep, roofed in copper, of the early Showa period (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The core has round posts with one-step bracketing, the porch has chamfered square posts with linked three-bearing brackets in 2 tiers, and the eaves have doubled close-set rafters.

The spaces between brackets and the side screens are carved with auspicious dragons, plants and cloud patterns. The Agency describes it as a well-balanced work of structure and ornament.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it as a model of design.

What to Look For

At the main hall, look for the two tiers of brackets over the porch and the carved dragons and clouds on the side screens (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by the Shinmei Shrine religious corporation (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official information on visiting was found. The main hall, offering hall, shrine office, purification pavilion, torii, banbei screen and arched bridge are introduced together on the Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine page.