A Soto-sect temple in Shiratori, Atsuta Ward, said to have originated when **Kukai (Kobo Daishi)**, visiting Atsuta Shrine in the Tencho era (824-834), honored **Yamato Takeru no Mikoto** by carving an Enmei Jizo statue and building a small shrine here. Mountain-named Shiratorizan, the temple was originally called **Hojiji (宝持寺, "Treasure-Holding Temple")** from its role of safeguarding the treasu…
Said to have been founded by Kukai in the Tencho era (824-834) when he carved an Enmei Jizo statue while at Atsuta. Originally Hojiji ("Treasure-Holding") for safeguarding Shiratori Mausoleum treasures. Restored as Soto temple ca. 1449 by Myokoku Gikō; renamed 法持寺 in the Joo era. Nobunaga prayed for…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "釈迦牟尼仏・延命地蔵菩薩"
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