Tsubame Shrine
The Tsubame (sparrow) Shrine stood on the place where the rocks stuck out, after which Iwasaki (literally gthe end of rocksh) Village was named. Since it has been reported that there had been settlements here, the place can be considered to be the origin of Iwasaki Village. Why did the villagers build houses here? Directly under gthe end of rocksh was the place where four rivers (the Manganji, the Honma, the Nakakata and the Soga Rivers) flow into each other, bringing together all the rainwater that fall in the eastern part of Gose City. For the villagers of Iwasaki Village, who were responsible for dismembering bodies of dead cows and horses in the pre-modern era and were involved in the production of glue, this volume of water was nothing but their lifeline to support their industries.The Tsubame Shrine was completed on 28 August 1921. Memoires by SAKAMOTO Seiichiro states, gThere is nothing which is to be a memento in the village. No pleasure grounds. Want to create something as a memento. Want a playgroundh. In the light of the date of completion of the Tsubame Shrine (28 August 1921), it can be understood that SAKAMOTO bore the Emancipation Edict in mind when he referred to ga mementoh, suggesting that the Shrine was built in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Emancipation Edict, which was issued on 28 August 1871. According to SAKAMOTOfs Memoires, the local deity of an abolished shrine was transferred for the shrine storehouse of the Tsubame Shrine with the arrangement of NAKAI Risuke, the district head of Nishinakajima Village (now called Asuka), Nishinari County, Osaka Prefecture, the birthplace of SAKAMOTOfs wife, Kazue; TSURUTANI Tokichi and other members of the Tsubame Kai carried the local deity on horseback.
The young people of the Tsubame Kai appeared to have got together at the shrine every night to discuss different issues. It is reported that they sometimes called the villagers together to present what they had learnt.
The Tsubame Kai members called the open space of the Tsubame Shrine gGarden of Proposalsh.
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