Shizuoka Sengen Shrine, or popularly called "Osengen-sama”in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Pref. is a generic name for three shrines; Otoshimioya Shrine, Kanbe Shrine and Asama Shrine.
The enshrined deity at Otoshimioya Shrine is Otoshimioya no Mikoto, or sometimes called Kamu Oichihime no Mikoto, who is the mother goddess of Uga-no-Mitama no Kami and Otoshigami. It is said that the shrine was founded around 300 A.D. as to enshrine the guardian god of the market on the Abe River. Since the Kamakura period (1192-1333), the Shogunate governments revered the shrine. Especially during the Edo period large-scaled construction works were done in the Kanei era (1624-1643) and the Bunka era (1804-1817) with the patronage of the Tokugawa clan. The present magnificent buildings were built in the Bunka construction work, which took more than 60 years and spent 100,000 ryo in the currency at the time (about 7.5 billion yen). The shrine is also famous as the place where Kanami, the founder of Noh performance, died. The stone monument to praise his accomplishments is erected in the precinct.