ABSTRACT
IT seems probable that in a very remote past worship was offered to a Kami called Hachiman, although we find no mention of him in the Scriptures. More specifically, this Kami probably bore the name of Hime-gami, or Hime-ô-kami, and the cult seems to have had its centre in Usa (Kyûshû). I was never able to discover any jinja dedicated exclusively to that Hime-gami as such, and I was officially informed that at present there is none.
