Hashihime Shrineはしひめじんじゃ

An integrated portrayal of Hashihime as a local divinity of Uji Bridge on the Uji River and as the jealous demon-woman of medieval war tales and Noh. As a local deity she was venerated at the bridgehead as a water and land guardian, protecting crossings and safe passage. Traditions forbid praising other regions or singing lines that stir jealousy upon the bridge, reflecting the belief that local gods dislike talk that exalts elsewhere. In the later tale, a woman visits Kifune, undergoes purificatory austerities in the Uji River, becomes a demon, and encounters a warrior at Ichijō Modori-bashi. Toriyama Sekien noted the shrine at Uji Bridge, and the Noh play Kanawa fixed the image of a demon-woman crowned with an iron trivet. Folklorically, bridges are liminal spaces, linked to water deities, female divinities, and warnings against jealousy, so ritual and storytelling long coexisted. While invented details vary by source, devotion to Uji Bridge, the Modori-bashi encounter, and the dual nature of taboo and protection form the core.