Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine Offering Hall

A Plain Offering Hall of 1929

The Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine Offering Hall (上の島神明神社幣殿) is a hip-and-gable offering hall entered from the gable, in front of the main hall of 1929 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 21 square metres; registration number 21-0139.

A Restrained Offering 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 offering hall, of 1929, stands north to south in front of the main hall, 3 bays by 3 bays, hip-and-gable and entered from the gable end, with a copper roof (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Openings at the centre of the front and back are flanked by lattice windows over board dados, and a veranda runs around it.

Square posts carry plain three-bearing brackets, and the eaves have doubled close-set rafters. The Agency notes its sober design, with carving only on the beam ends.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it as a model of design.

What to Look For

At the offering hall, look for the lattice windows over board dados and the restraint of its carving, limited to the beam ends (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.