Sarureo Shrine Tamagaki (Stone Fence)

A Stone Fence on a Burial Mound

The Sarureo Shrine Tamagaki (Stone Fence) (讃留霊王神社玉垣) is a stone fence of the late Edo period, extended in the late Meiji period, enclosing the top of the Sarureo Kofun, the burial mound worshipped at Sarureo Shrine, at Shimohogunji, Hanzan-cho, Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 27, 2018 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency for Cultural Affairs records a stone structure 20 metres long, registration number 37-429.

A Shrine Whose Deity Is a Burial Mound

According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Sarureo Shrine stands on a low hill in the plain south of Marugame City, and its object of worship is the round burial mound behind it, the Sarureo Kofun. Steps lead up from the entrance at the east end of the grounds to the worship and offering halls, behind which a stone fence encloses the top of the mound.

The offering hall, stone fence and torii of Sarureo Shrine were registered on March 27, 2018. The Agency for Cultural Affairs lists the owner as the religious corporation Yasaka Shrine.

Value as a Registered Cultural Property

The Sarureo Shrine Tamagaki (Stone Fence) was registered as a structure contributing to the historic landscape of the country. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes it as a fence that symbolises this unusually arranged shrine and shapes the historic landscape of the area.

What to Look For

The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes a granite fence 20 metres long in all, marking off the top of the round mound in a square, open on the east, the front, where a path links it to the offering hall.

The Sarureo Shrine Tamagaki (Stone Fence) preserves the unusual arrangement of a shrine that encloses the burial mound itself as its object of worship (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The Sarureo Shrine Tamagaki (Stone Fence) stands within the shrine grounds. No public access information has been confirmed, so respect worshippers and take care not to damage the grounds, which include the burial mound. The address is 1459 Shimohogunji, Hanzan-cho, Marugame City. The three registered structures are gathered on the group page Sarureo Shrine.