From the Daikan Yashiki through the Christmas Market to Shoin Shrine

This shrine moved here from Yokone village in 1849. During the shrine mergers of the late Meiji era it was once merged into Usa Shrine, but it was restored in 1931 at the request of local residents.

During the Edo period, much of this area was the domain of the Ii family of Hikone Domain. The residence of the Ōba family, who served as daikan (local administrators) for generations, still remains in 1-chōme as the Setagaya Daikan Yashiki.

In Meiji 12 (1879), Setagaya's Sakura Elementary School opened using this temple's main hall as a temporary schoolhouse. A monument marking the school's founding site stands at the temple gate. It is also said that a watchtower of Setagaya Castle once stood on the temple's grounds.

This temple is thought to have been a prayer site for the Kira clan during the Muromachi period. Its cemetery contains the grave of Ise Sadatake, a scholar of court and samurai customs and etiquette, which was relocated here from Toranomon in 1922.