Kameshi

Kameshi was an older reading of the name now commonly pronounced Jinseki, in inland Bingo province. The historical township is associated with the Kameishi area and neighbouring villages of the later Sanwa district. Its name belongs to a countryside of inland settlements rather than to the coastal towns of the Inland Sea. The territory was divided among successive lords during the early Edo period.

After the battle of Sekigahara in 1600, the Sanwa area passed through Fukushima and Mizuno holdings before becoming an outlying possession of the Okudaira lords of Nakatsu. At Kobatake, the village headman Murata Chiken provided his own residence for an administrative office. Religious patronage also left a dated landmark: Mitsusue Seiryu Shrine was built in 1727. Its carved decoration retained features associated with Momoyama craftsmanship. These sites connect the Kameshi country with both the local officials who managed a distant lord's estate and the shrines maintained within its villages.