寛文（かんぶん）6(1666)年創建。福岡藩三代藩主の黒田光之（くろだみつゆき）が百道松原（ももちまつばら）に橋本八幡宮（早良郡）の祭神を勧請したのが始まりとされています。大正時代に現在地（高取）に移設されました。歴代の藩主に篤く崇敬され、板絵著色三十六歌仙絵馬（市指定有形民俗文化財）、經巻形冑（きょうまきなりかぶと）、練革黒漆塗本小礼胴丸（ねりかわくろうるしぬりほんこざねどうまる）など多くの宝物が奉納されました。8月に行われる紅葉八幡宮獅子まつりは福岡市登録無形民俗文化財です。
　「紅葉（もみじ）」は「百道（ももち）」に通じることから用いられた呼称です。名前の通り、境内にはモミジの木が多く、秋には紅葉の名所として親しまれています。

Founded in 1666 (Kanbun 6). It is said to have begun when Kuroda Mitsuyuki, the third lord of the Fukuoka Domain, invited (enshrined) the deities of Hashimoto Hachimangu (in Sawara District) to Momochi Matsubara. In the Taishō era, the shrine was relocated to its present site in Takatori. It was fervently revered by successive lords of the domain, and many treasures were dedicated, including the Ema Tablets of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets (a Fukuoka City–designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property), a helmet in the form of a sutra scroll, and armor such as a nerikawa (hardened rawhide) black-lacquered “hon-kosode” dōmaru. The Momiji Hachimangu Lion Festival held in August is registered by Fukuoka City as an Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

The name “Momiji” (“maple”) was adopted because it echoes “Momochi.” As the name suggests, the precincts contain many maple trees and are cherished as a famed spot for autumn colors.