Theory: Kuze Shrine

The following fan theories are about the Kuze Shrine.

Theories

Theory	Citations	Notes
The Kuze Shrine is located in the Akita mountains.	Rituals and Statues document.	+ The file discusses a very unusual Buddha statue found in a derelict temple, used in a ritual like the ones the Engravers are seen performing in the Wooden Figure Room of the Kuze Shrine. It is possible that the article is about the Kuze Shrine itself. + The Kuze Shrine is known to be in the former Mutsu Region of Japan, which incorporated some of the modern Akita prefecture. - The document stated that there was no lore about this derelict shrine, but the Kuze Shrine was the subject of urban legend even in 1988, and its reputation as a place to meet the dead seems to have come down unchanged from the time when the shrine was functional. - Since the legends of the Kuze Shrine were spread throughout the local region, in diluted forms, another shrine might have adopted similar statuary and rituals.