Koshigaya Hisaizu Shrine Kagura Hall

A Kagura Stage on the Shrine Approach

The Koshigaya Hisaizu Shrine Kagura Hall (越谷久伊豆神社神楽殿) is a kagura hall with a stage and dressing room on the approach of the early Meiji period in Koshigaya, Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 13, 2025 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a copper roof and a building area of 20 square metres, altered in the mid-Showa period and moved in 1974; registration number 11-0233.

A One-Bay Stage and Dressing Room

The kagura hall of Koshigaya Hisaizu Shrine stands in the north-east of the grounds, east of the approach; it dates from the early Meiji period and was moved in 1974 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A one-bay square stage at the front has a dressing room behind, under a hip-and-gable roof of copper entered from the gable end.

A veranda with a curved railing runs round three sides of the stage, closed by side screens, and board doors divide the stage from the dressing room (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Near the front the eaves have carefully made radiating rafters, adding to the scene along the approach.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

Look for the one-bay stage and the radiating rafters of the front eaves (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The owner is not listed in the Agency record. No official information on public access was found. The main hall, kagura hall and purification pavilion are introduced together on the Koshigaya Hisaizu Shrine page.