諏訪神社
During the medieval and early modern periods, the god enshrined in Suwa Grand Shrine – specifically, in the Upper Shrine ("Kamisha") located southeast of Lake Suwa – was popularly known as "Suwa Daimyōjin" ( / 諏方大明神) or "Suwa Myōjin" (), a name also applied via metonymy to the shrine itself. The name '(Take)minakata(tomi)' was rarely used, if at all, during this period: indeed, medieval documents from Suwa Shrine simply refer to the god as "sonshin" / "sonjin" (尊神, "revered deity") or "myōjin" (明神, "bright deity" or "manifest deity"). This however is hardly unusual, as before the early modern period use of titles such as "myōjin" or "gongen" for various gods and their shrines were so widespread that these deities were rarely referred to by their proper names.