There are Jomon stone rods and a stone phallus. I've been making the rounds of phallic worship sites, including museums. Jomon stone rods are excavated all over the place, so they're common in museums that display Jomon pottery, but this facility also displayed an object of worship believed to be a yashikigami (household guardian deity). It's housed in a perfectly sized wooden box made with joinery. There's no lid on the front, so it's presumed to have been enshrined standing up like this. The surface was worked by hand, but it's carefully made, with the center and both sides perfectly aligned. You can see phallic worship enshrined at temples and shrines, but you can't even know that indoor household deities exist. So objects of worship like this are rarely seen. I got to see something truly precious.

A museum inside Tokuzoji Temple. Admission is handled at the temple office. Admission is 200 yen. The temple office sells books about itabi and Nitta Yoshisada. The 2nd floor displays earthenware and the like, and the 3rd floor displays itabi. The one in the center is the Genko Itabi. Around it are countless other itabi. The detailed explanation of the Battle of Kumegawa is really fascinating. If you're interested in Nitta Yoshisada, it's a must-visit spot.

Valuable materials are on display, including the Genko Itabi, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, the Hiyoku Stele and an animal-footed cinerary urn, which are Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Higashimurayama City, as well as earthenware and stone tools. There are also exhibits on Lord Nitta Yoshisada, explaining in detail the history from the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate to Lord Yoshisada's death in battle. Many itabi are also displayed and preserved, and the exhibits felt more impressive than I expected.

This was on the route Nitta Yoshisada's army took when attacking the Kamakura Shogunate, and materials about it are on display. (Battle of Bubaigawara) The speed of his advance after winning here is amazing. A few days later he took Kamakura and destroyed the shogunate. The 200 yen admission is paid by pressing the temple's intercom. Some of the itabi were gathered from various places. Besides that, lots of items are on display, from Jomon-period earthenware to Showa-era antiques.

A repository completed in September 1968 (Showa 43). It's a two-story reinforced concrete building in the azekura (log storehouse) style. The first floor has stone tools, earthenware, Kokubunji tiles, old coins, and more. The second floor displays the "Genko Monument" along with about 170 itabi, gorinto, signposts, and more. ・Visiting hours 9:00～17:00 ・Admission adults 200 yen, children 100 yen ・Closed every Monday Admission is paid at the temple office (press the intercom and they'll unlock it for you). The stairs inside have handrails, but the slope feels a bit steep. The exhibits on both the first and second floors were very rich. Even I, who am not well versed in history, got absorbed… It was a wide-ranging exhibit that makes me want to come back.