銀山神明社 - Kitaakita

Festival gods Amaterasu Okami, Shohikona Okami, Ionami Mimei, etc. It is said that it was founded in the astronomical year (1532-1554) and was built when Mukaiyama Ginzan was developed. It is a historical shrine that has served as the total guardian of the Shishiko area of ​​the Ginzan area (Kamishinmachi, Shimosinmachi, Hatamachi). In 1873, it became a village company in Ginzan Village at that time. The stone lantern is a city designated cultural property. Kitaakita City Designated Cultural Property “Ginzan Shinmeisha Stone Lantern” This shrine was built when the Ani Mine (Mukoyama Ginzan) was developed. It carries granite from the Seto Inland Sea on the Kitamae ship, and the lantern made of that stone is still left. The stone lanterns are made of granite from the Seto Inland Sea and sculpted and carried in Osaka. (From the tour of the temples of the Ani mine that boasted the best copper in Japan) Ani Mine History “The Age of Kazari Village and Kominato Village” During the Sengoku period, Matsuhashi, a Fubari village who ruled the silver mine in the entrance, and Takada, Kominato village, who ruled the gold and silver mine in Itakizawa across the Ani River, were gathering together in the land of Ani. . These two silver mines were the origin of the Ani Mine and were prosperous since that time. "Gold rush of Ani" In 1914, the discovery of Seventy Kanayama changed the Ani region drastically. In Ani, where the appearance of Kanayama emerged, the village of Mizunashi was divided into a silver mine town where 10,000 settlers gathered. "Prosperity of copper production" From the 14th year of Genroku (1701) to the 5th year of Shotoku (1715), the shogunate collected and refined crude copper from various locations in Osaka's bronze seat and made it a trade product with foreign countries as Nagasaki Imperial Copper. At Akita Kei, the management of each copper mine in Ani was directly managed from the contractor's contract, and management was strengthened. Since then, domestic copper production has not increased, so we have assigned our shipping volume to the large copper mine, using our copper as a copper. Kyoho 1st year (1716) Akita Kaoru has allocated 170,000,000 copper of Ahi as copper for Nagasaki. The production of Ani mine is the highest in Japan. (See Akita University Library “Ani Mine Chronology”) The economy in the Edo period was moving around Osaka. Copper produced at the Ani Mine is landed at Noshiro Port down the Ani River and the Yonedai River, and is sent to Osaka by the Kitamae Ship. Copper refined in Osaka's Fukiya (a house that refines and casts gold and silver, etc.) was transported to Nagasaki and exported to foreign countries. It is said that 38% of Japan's trade at that time, about 40%, was occupied by copper from Ani. In the peak of the Edo period, in the first year of Kyoho (1716), Japan produced the largest amount of copper and became the mountain that bears one of the three largest copper mines in Japan. After the development of Kanayama, the development of mountains continued with silver and bronze, and for about 670 years until the closure of the mountain in Showa 53 (1978) has supported not only the Ani district but also Japanese industry and culture. . (From "Agricultural and mountain fishing village support site in Akita Prefecture")