The sword which Hikoshichi asked the salt salesman to give in was enshrined in this shrine after effectively killing the specter; the left hall enshrining the sword was called hokenden.
彦七塩売りより求めたる太刀弥其功有て化生の物をつき留などしたる後、此宮に納、左の殿に祭ると宝剣殿と云。