Japan Heritage

Hinenosho

Villages depicted in
Tabihikitsuke and two paintings
Landscape of Hinenosho, a manor in medieval Japan

Unchanging landscapeUnchanging heart

StoryAround 800 years ago, the area of present-day Izumisano City was a territory of the Kujo Family, who werehighly ranked nobles. The territory was the shoen (a manor in medieval Japan) called Hinenosho, and two
paintings of the shoen and a diary written by Kujo Masamoto, “Tabihikitsuke,” have been conserved. The
paintings depict green landscapes, ponds and a watercourse for the irrigation of farms and paddy fields, aswell as shrines and temples, while the diary vividly describes the life and people in villages 500 years ago.
The landscape that constituted the shoen area has been passed down from the medieval era to present day,and it allows us to enjoy the attractive landscapes of the rural villages presented in the paintings and diary.

Masamoto-ko Tabihikitsuke(owned by the Archives and
Mausolea Department of theImperial Household Agency)

Two paintings of shoen thattell us stories about Hinenosho

When Hinenosho was established in 1234, the biggest challenge in its
management was the development of its vast undeveloped lands. The lord of the
Kujo Family began a land survey of Hinenosho in 1309, and two paintings werecreated during the survey. The watercourse, ponds, shrines and temples in thevillages are depicted in the paintings in great detail.
The main project during development was the construction of the Yukawa
Watercourse. It was designed to convey water between Hine Jinja Shrine andJigen-in Temple and through farms on terraced slopes and to reach Junitaniike
Pond over a total length of approximately 2.75 km with a height difference of only
about 3 m. You can get a sense for the painstaking efforts of the village people
from the large-scale elaborate civil engineering work.
If you compare the paintings with present-day photos and maps, you will be
surprised to find that many features have remained the same. The ponds createdin those days still provide water to farms and paddy fields to grow crops forpeople. Hinenosho made progress through this large-scale development and grew
into an important shoen that developed on its own among the approximately 30
shoen possessed by the Kujo Family in Japan.
Now, what were people’s lives like in those days?

The Painting of Hineno Village

The Painting of Hineno Village and Ihara Village(owned by the Archives and Mausolea Departmentof the Imperial Household Agency)(owned by the Archives and Mausolea Departmentof the Imperial Household Agency)

Diary of a court noble

Masamoto-ko Tabihikitsuke
In the Warring States Period, the management of shoen began to be threatened bysamurai. Around that time, Kujo Masamoto, the lord of Hinenosho, stayed in
Chofukuji Temple in Iriyamada Village for four years. He wrote a diary to record how
he spent his life and what happened there during the period from 1501 to 1505.
When the villagers in Ogi suffered droughts, they held a ritual to pray for rain at
Takimiya Shrine (Hibashiri Jinja Shrine). Noh performances offered in the ritual
were praised by Masamoto with the statement that they were comparable to thosein Kyoto. This ritual event is still organized under the name of hotaki in the shrine.
Masamoto was also impressed by the performing arts presented in a regularfestival held in Oiseki Daimyojin (Hine Jinja Shrine) on April 2 every year. Masamoto
sometimes stayed in Jigen-in Temple, the grounds of which feature one of thethree famous two-storied pagodas in Japan, and the elegant
features of the pagoda have not changed in over 750 years. The
diary also depicts rituals and festivals, hostage incidents, battles,
the damage caused by floods and droughts, diseases, crimes,
and other events, which enables you to get interesting insights
into the lives of farmers in the Warring States Period while
viewing the current landscape.

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Painting 1, which was created in the
medieval era, depicts a twin-peak
mountain ❹ and an area thought
to be a part of Oizeki Daimyojin
and Muhenko-in Temple ❺ , andJunitaniike Pond, which draws
water from Kashiigawa River ❻ , isdescribed as “Jujidaniike.”
Painting 2, which was created in theearly modern period, depicts
Inunakisan Shipporyuji Temple ❶,the stage of the Masamoto-ko
Tabihikitsuke ❷, and the rurallandscape of Hinenosho Ogi ❸,and it can be seen that they havebeen passed down to present day.

Landscape of Hinenosho in the medieval era Excursion routes

Painting 1

Inunakisan Shipporyuji Temple - Walk through the world of Shugen

Mt. Inunaki bus stop → Zuiryumon Gate → Ryokai-no-taki waterfall → To-no-taki waterfall →Grave of the loyal dog → Main hall → Gyoja-no-taki waterfall

Walk through the stage of the Masamoto-ko TabihikitsukeNaka-ogi bus stop → Bishamon-do Temple → Hibashiri Jinja Shrine →Former Site of Saikoji Temple → Former Site of Chofukuji Temple → Shimo-ogi bus stop

Walk through the Rural Landscape of Hinenosho Ogi

Shimo-ogi bus stop → Enmanji Temple → Former Site of Chofukuji Temple → Mizuma Street →Zentokuji Temple and Saikoji Temple → Terraced rice fields around Higashinoike Pond →Rengeji Temple (and the nearby Kami-ogi Suspension Bridge) → Former Site of Kosekiji Temple →Kokawa Road → Bishamon-do Temple → Hibashiri Jinja Shrine → Naka-ogi bus stop

“Painting of Hineno Village”(owned by the Archives and Mausolea Department of the Imperial Household Agency)

Painting 2

Former Site of Tsuchimaru Ameyama Castle - Walk around a medieval castle

Tonda bus stop → Tsuchimaru Rengeji Temple and grave of Hashimoto Masataka →Yukawa Watercourse Sluice Gate → Kokawa Road →Tsuchimaru Kasuga Jinja Shrine and trailhead → Former Site of Tsuchimaru Ameyama Castle

Walk through the world in paintings of a shoen: shrines and temples
Shindode bus stop → Shindode Ushigami Altar → Kokawa Road →Tenmangu Shrine of Sofukuji Temple → Yukawa Watercourse → Jigen-in Temple →Yukawa Watercourse → Hine Jinja Shrine → Hime Jinja Shrine → Higashiue bus stop
(Short route: Kunoki bus stop → Tenmangu Shrine of Sofukuji Temple →Yukawa Watercourse → Jigen-in Temple and Hine Jinja Shrine → Higashiue bus stop)

Walk through the world in paintings of a shoen: irrigation watercourse
Higashiue bus stop → Path along the Yukawa Watercourse → Former Site of Hachioji →Former Site of Nonomiya → Amazuike Pond → Yaejiike Pond → Junitaniike Pond →JR Hineno Station“Painting of Inunakisan Shipporyuji Temple and Ogi Village” (in the late Edo Period) owned by Hibashiri Jinja Shrine

Inunakisan Shipporyuji Temple

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Mt. Inun

Former Site of Tsuchimaru
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Plan yourvisits to see
them!

Traditional Festivals

Some festivals in these areas are believed to have originatedfrom rituals and festivals depicted in the Masamoto-ko
Tabihikitsuke.

Ogi area

Ninai Danjiri Eventin the Autumn
Festival of Hibashiri
Jinja Shrine in Ogi

Enmanji
TempleYumoto Onsenso(hot spring inn)

The Rural Landscapeof Hinenosho Ogi

Hineno area
Shimo-ogi
bus stop

Stone monument in Hatakeda●
Ogi Elementary School●

Hibashiri Jinja Shrine
Kami-ogi
bus stopThree flags with decorative
pillows are carried in a paradein this gorgeous and peculiar
festival. After purified the flags
along with the pillows, theparade returns slowly, and it isa familiar sight for local people
in spring.
Held on May 4 and 5.

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Former Site of Tsuchimaru Ameyama Castle(Sites designated as the Historical Remains of Hinenosho, National Historic Site)
This medieval castle was erected near
the peaks of the two connectedmountains of Mt. Ameyama (312 m) in
Kumatori Town and Mt. Tsuchimaruyama(Mt. Jonoyama: 287 m) in IzumisanoCity. The site has been famous since
the medieval period for the magnificent
landscape that can be seen from thepeaks and its kuruwa, such as its viewsof the southern part of Osaka, including
Osaka Bay and Kansai International
Airport, as well as its panoramic view of
the Ogi area ( ❸), which was designatedby the Japanese government as Osaka
Prefecture’s first Important CulturalLandscape.

2234 Ogi, Izumisano City
072-459-7015
10:00 to 18:00(Day-visit spa “Yamanoyu”)● Mt. Ogi Fuji

Saikoji Temple
Naka-ogi●
bus stop

In this autumn festival of
Hibashiri Jinja Shrine, where
the ritual event of hotaki is also
held, three danjiri floats fromthe districts of Kami-ogi,Naka-ogi and Shimo-ogi arecarried by participants in aparade. It is popular as an
event that is rich in local flavor.
Held in October.

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Former Site of
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Shrine(building)This temple is located in avalley along the Inunaki River in
Fudodani, a deep part of the
Izumi Mountain Range in theOgi area. It is a main training
ground for Katsuragi Shugen,which is said to have beenfounded by En-no-Ozunu in
661, as well as the eighth of
Katsuragi twenty-eight sutra
mounds. During the period
when Masamoto was staying
there, priests of the temple
prayed for rain in years ofdrought.

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Tsuchimaru and Ogi Areas

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Open every day

Minamitei(hot spring inn)
2236 Ogi, Izumisano City
072-459-7336
11:00 to 21:00(Day-visit spa)

● Terraced
rice fields

Yamadori grill restaurant

Former Site of
Kosekiji Temple

1774 Ogi, Izumisano City
080-4762-8016
18:00 to 22:00
No scheduled holidays● Kami-ogi Suspension
Bridge (Yanabu Bridge): Address: Phone number:

Yamadori grill restaurant
Fudoguchikan
Mt. Inunaki
bus stop

Yumoto Onsenso

Inunakisan barbecue niku-niku
Inunakisan WOODS

Ryokai-no-taki waterfall●
Shugendo Shiryokan museum●●
Zuiryumon Grave of theloyal dog
Gate●
Minamitei●
To-no-taki waterfall● Gyoja-no-taki wa

Inunakisan

Two-storied Pagoda of Jigen-in Temple

National
Treasure(building)(Sites designated as the Historical Remains of Hinenosho, National Historic Site)
It is said that the temple was founded at
the order of Emperor Tenmu in 673. Its
two-storied pagoda, which wasconstructed in 1271, is the only building
designated as a National Treasure in
Izumisano City. It is 10.5 m high, and its
lower story is square in shape, witheach side being 2.7 m long. A seatedfigure of Dainichi Nyorai (a Tangible
Cultural Property designated by Osaka
Prefecture) is enshrined in the inner
sanctuary. The temple was attached toHine Jinja Shrine until the Meiji Period.

Former Site of Chofukuji Temple

The Rural Landscape of Hinenosho Ogi,
Hibashiri Jinja Shrine(Sites designated as the Historical Remains of Hinenosho, National Historic Site)
Chofukuji Temple was theresidence of Masamoto and also
served as the headquarters for
Hinenosho. It is known that thesite contained halls, a residentialbuilding for Masamoto, Tenman
Shrine, a well and other objects
at that time. Part of the site iscurrently used as agriculturalland to promote harmony
between the maintenance andmanagement of the historic site
and the surrounding landscape.

ake a break

Take abreak on
Mt. Inunaki(Sites designated as the Historical
Remains of Hinenosho, National
Historic Site)

Important
CulturalLandscapeEnriched with the nature of the Izumi Mountain Range, theagricultural land and settlements in this area take advantageof the landscape of intradeep basin. In the landscape ofterraced rice fields, small plots of rice paddies are integrated
with a traditional water channel network developed by linking
together a large number of pond- and river-fed irrigation
systems. Many features of Hinenosho in the medieval era
have been passed down to present day. Paintings and othermaterials from the Edo Period demonstrate that land use in
the area has been mostly unchanged since then.

Hineno Area

Junitaniike Pond

Mt. Inunaki is to enjoy leisure
hot springs, eating great fooda break here.

Fudoguchikan(hot spring inn)

7 Ogi, Izumisano City
072-459-7326(Inquiry hours: 8:00 to 21:00)(Day-visit spa)

Inunakisan barbecue
niku-niku
1772 Ogi, Izumisano City
072-459-7259
10:00 to 22:00(until 18:00 for barbecuing)

YukawaWatercourse
Shindode
Ushigami Altar

Nishiuebus stop

Ushigami●

HinenoJunior High School●

No scheduled holidays

Inunakisan WOODS
2243-4 Ogi, Izumisano City
072-459-7240* Closed during winter: Opening hours

Yaejiike Pond

● Hineno
Elementary School
Nakasuji
bus stop

Former Site of Nonomiya● Hineno
Community Center: Regular holidays

Amazuike Pond

Inner shrine of Chinju Tenmangu Shrineof Sofukuji Temple

Kunokibus stop●
Former siteof Hachioji
Higashiuebus stopn Shipporyuji Temple

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Hine Jinja Shrine(Sites designated as the Historical Remains of Hinenosho, National Historic Site)
This shrine served as thetutelary of Hinenosho as awhole. The Masamoto-ko
Tabihikitsuke records that a
festival was held on April 2
every year to actively organize
performances of sarugaku (theprecursor of kyogen farces in
Noh theater), kurabeuma(horse races), sacred services
involving ceremonial archeryand other festive events. The
shrine is now popular because
the Pillow Festival parade heldin May every year enters into
its grounds.

Jigen-in Temple
Hine Jinja Shrine

Tonda
bus stop

Yukawa Watercourse(Sites designated as the Historical Remains of Hinenosho, National Historic Site)
This watercourse delivers waterfrom the Kashiigawa River andis believed to have played amajor role in the developmentof the middle terrace surface
for Hinenosho. From its
inception at the Tsuchimaru
Sluice Gate, it passes throughthe grounds of Hine Jinja
Shrine and Jigen-in Temple
before reaching its destinationof Junitaniike Pond, and its
total length is approximately
2.75 km. It still serves as themain watercourse in the Hineno
area.

Location map

Access to Izumisano City

Kyoto Prefecture

JR Shin-Osaka Sta.
Hyogo Prefecture

Osaka Metro
Midosuji Line

JR Kyoto Line

Approx.

Approx.

Osaka Umeda Sta.

JR Osaka Sta.

Osaka Metro
Midosuji LineJR Osaka Loop Line

6 min

Osaka
Prefecture
Nara
Prefecture

IzumisanoCity
Wakayama Prefecture

Route map

Shin-Osaka

4 min

Approx.

Approx.

9 min

To Kyoto

From Kobe

Approx.

17 min19 minNamba Sta.

JR Shin-Imamiya Sta. JR Tennoji Sta.

Nankai Main Line

Nankai Main LineJR Hanwa Line

Express train
Approx.

Express train
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Rapid train
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34 minFrom Kyoto

32 minFrom Nara

37 minNankai Izumisano Sta.

JR Hineno Sta.

Express train
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Rapid train
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Nankai Airport Line

JR Kansai Airport Line

From Wakayama

Osaka Umeda

To Kobe12 min10 min

Osaka
Metro

JR Osaka
Loop Line

Kansai Airport Sta.
By trainNamba
Shin-Imamiya
Nankai Bus runs fromthe Izumisano Ekimaebus stop no. 2 andfrom the Hineno
Ekimae bus stop to
Mt. Inunaki.

TennojiNankai
Main LineJR HanwaLine

Izumisano
Kansai
AirportRinku Town

HinenoTo Wakayama

To NaraBy carFrom Osaka:

From Osaka:

Take Osaka Metro Midosuji Line from Umeda Station and get
off at Namba Station. Transfer to the Nankai Line, take thetrain from Namba Station and get off at Izumisano Station(40 min in total if taken Nankai limited express). Alternatively,
take the JR Line from Osaka Station (via Tennoji Station) andget off at Hineno Station (60 min).

Take the Chugoku Expressway from Suita I.C., get off at the
Izumisano North exit on the Hanshin Expressway Wangan
Route (approx. 60 min) and head toward Izumisano City Office(approx. 10 min).

From Wakayama:
Take the Nankai Line from Wakayamashi Station and get off at
Izumisano Station (35 min) or take the JR Line from Wakayama
Station and get off at Hineno Station (35 min).

From Wakayama:
Take the Hanwa Expressway from Wakayama I.C., get off at
Kaminogo I.C. (20 min) and head toward Izumisano City Office(10 min).

From Kansai International Airport:
Take the Nankai Line from Kansai Airport Station and get off at
Izumisano Station (10 min) or take the JR Line from Kansai
Airport Station and get off at Hineno Station (15 min).

What is Japan Heritage?

Tourism Facility Development Project for fiscal 2019

The Agency for Cultural Affairs recognizes stories that convey the cultures and traditions of Japan
based on unique regional histories and traditions as Japan Heritage.
The aim is to revitalize local communities through the comprehensive maintenance and utilizationof a variety of attractive tangible and intangible cultural assets that are essential to these stories underregional initiatives, as well as strategic promotion of them in Japan and overseas.
Both inscription on the World Heritage List and designation as a Cultural Property are designed to
add value to cultural properties (cultural heritage) and ensure their protection. On the other hand,the purpose of Japan Heritage is not to establish new regulations to add value to or preserve existing
cultural properties. Its aim is to revitalize local communities by linking the components of heritage
scattered throughout local areas and utilizing and promoting them as collective features.

Japan Heritage Hinenosho Promotion Council
Contact:
Cultural Properties Section, Izumisano City Board of Education, Osaka Prefecture
1-295-3 Ichibahigashi, Izumisano City, Osaka 598-8550
Tel.: 072-463-1212 Fax: 072-469-5267
E-mail: bunkazai@city.izumisano.lg.jp
https://hinenosho.jp

Issued March 2020