In the Edo period, an octagonal prism made of stone was found in a shrine called Nishinomiya-Jinja Shrine in Ono Village, Gamo District, Omi Province (present-day Ono [Shiga Prefecture] Hino-cho, Shiga Prefecture).
江戸時代に、近江国蒲生郡小野村（現在の滋賀県日野町(滋賀県)小野）の西宮という神社で、石の八角柱が見つかった。