A Jodo-shu temple founded in Senju in 1610 by order of Shogun Hidetada. Located along the old Nikko highway in the Senju post-town, it provided rest and comfort to travelers on the road. The principal image, an Amida Nyorai, is an Edo-period work in the elegant Jodo-shu style. The temple shares a history with the development of Senju as a post-town. Stone Buddha statues and Koshin towers from the …
Gencho-ji is a Jodo-shu Buddhist temple founded in 1610, the 15th year of the Keicho era, by order of Tokugawa Hidetada, the second shogun of the Edo period. Its establishment coincided with the organization of Senju as the first post-town on the Nikko and Oshu highways, and the temple is believed t…
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"
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