Saba

Saba lies on the southern coast of Suō, around the old provincial centre of Hōfu. Its Tenmangū shrine was an important place of worship under the Ōuchi lords, who held power across western Japan. Ōuchi Hiroyo rebuilt its buildings in the fourteenth century, and Ōuchi Yoshitaka undertook another rebuilding in 1530. Gifts of land and revenue supported rituals at the shrine, binding local worship to the fortunes of the ruling house.