Takemikumari Shrine is the guardian deity of the sacred Mount Kongo. It has long been the guardian deity of 18 nearby villages and the patron deity of the Kusunoki family. Also known as Suibunjinja, it is said to have originally been enshrined as a water god at the foot of Mount Kongo-Katsuragi in the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Sujin (92 B.C.E.). In 1334, under the orders of Emperor Godaigo, Lord Kusunoki Masashige relocated the shrine to its current location and rebuilt the main hall, worship hall, bell tower, and other facilities. During the Middle Ages, the shrine fell into temporary decline due to the confiscation of the shrine's land and damage from fires caused by Oda Nobunaga's invasion of Kawachi Province. However, it was gradually restored thanks to a donation from Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The main hall, with its three cypress-bark-roofed halls connected by a corridor, is the only one of its kind in Japan and is designated an Important Cultural Property (public worship is limited to the worship hall). The subsidiary shrine, Nagi Shrine, is the oldest shrine in Japan dedicated to Lord Masashige, and the current shrine building was rebuilt in 1940 in accordance with the standards of a government-supported shrine. The main shrine's large torii gate and guardian lion statues are among the largest stone structures in Osaka Prefecture.