There are many variants of Suwa-Engi (The Origin of Suwadaimyōjin), such as Suwa-no-honji (諏訪の本地), Suwa-sōshi (諏訪草紙), and so on. Suwa-ryōsha-gohonji (諏訪両社御本地) in my possession is one of those variants of Suwa-Engi, which narrates the legendary origin of Suwataisha (諏訪大社) shrine. The text was copied by hand in 1858.
An important characteristic of the text differentiating it from other variants is that it contains folk traditions peculiar to the area around Sanada Town, Nagano Prefecture (長野県真田町). Consequently it should be recognized that the text is a valuable material with which to investigate the local trend of the faith in Suwadaimyōjin (諏訪大明神).
In this paper, I have reprinted the text and given a bibliographical introduction to it.
