Tomigaoka Hachimangū Shrine was founded at Eitai-jima (present-day Saga-chō, Kōtō Ward) in 1627 (the fouth year of Kan'ei). It is also called Fukagawa Hachimangū and as the tutelage deity of Genji, it was protected by their descendent, the House of Tokugawa, and so propspered as the largest Hachimangū in Edo. The Festival is counted as one of the "Three grand festivals of Edo", along with Sannō Festival of Hie Shrine in Akasaka and Kanda Festival of Kanda Myojin Shrine.