There is a small shrine on the south side of Sakuragawa Park. "Mushiba Prayer Stone" is erected on the grounds where the banner of Iriichi Jizo Bodhisattva stands (pictured). This area is the east side of Minamizume, where the Hatchobori of Horiwari (Sakuragawa after the Meiji era), which was excavated in the early Edo period, flows to the north, and was once called Minami Hatchobori. "Iriichi" is Jizo-son named after Irifune-cho 1-chome.
This "Mushiba (decay) prayer stone" has such a record.
"The stone which was buried in the stone, which is now buried in the side of Michibata, Minami Hatchobori 2-chome, Kyobashi-ku, there is a natural stone called oil stone with a height of more than three feet, and before the surface was very slippery, but a few years ago it was burned. (Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, December 15, 1907, 1907)
"Wishing" and "magic" that you want to rely on even today, even though you know it was superstition, were accepted by the common people as an act of folk religion during the Edo period. There are several traditions in Chuo-ku, but this prayer stone that remains in shape is rare and can be said to be valuable folk relics. @ Akira Makibuchi
