Izanagi Jingū

Izanagi Jingū (伊弉諾神宮) is a Shinto shrine situated in the Hyōgo Prefecture in Awaji, Japan. During the Sengoku period, it was located in the subregion Eshima Coast.

History[edit | edit source]

In 1585, the Kakushiba ikki member and Igan shinobi Fujibayashi Naoe infiltrated the guarded shrine with a disguise of both a black mask and a black kosode. Within the shrine, she sought and was able to find the Japanese Templar and Kimura Yukari's spymaster Yasuhira talking to his spies, albeit disguised. Wanting an audience alone with him, Naoe was tasked to find any intel that may be of worth. Naoe soon learned that her mother Fujibayashi Tsuyu and their safehouse were discovered. Thus, she went towards Yasuhira and then gave false information about Tsuyu being in Yura. Intrigued, Yasuhira offered to speak with Naoe alone in a residence left of the shrine.^[1]

Together, Naoe and Yasuhira were alone as they discussed methods of assassination. When Yasuhira neared closer, Naoe slapped him and took off his mask, revealing him to be the fake contact he met in Sumoto. When Naoe revealed herself, Yasuhira was impressed while he chastized her about how her mother spent time tortured under him and Nowaki. While he readied his tantō, Naoe managed to dodge his attack and swiftly killed him, ending his spy work for Yukari. Before leaving, Naoe recovered both a spare tantō The Last Resort and a note detailing his escape from Awaji and his thoughts on Yukari's downfall.^[1]

At some point, Naoe and her fellow Kakushiba ikki member Yasuke returned to the shrine and paid their respects at three of its smaller shrines.^[2] They later sat east of the shrine and drew a sumi-e of the shrine to bring back home for Junjiro.^[3]