Hojuji Temple (Nishi-Chiba)
千葉県
Shingon temple founded around 1680 in Chiba's castle-town temple district, with Edo-period stone monuments that preserve the history of local religious life in early modern Chiba
A Shingon sect temple in Chuo-ku, Chiba, known as an ancient temple conveying the history of the temple district in Chiba castle town. Said to have been founded in the Edo period, it has functioned as one of the temples forming the religious landscape of Chiba's castle town. The principal deity of Shingon Buzan sect is Dainichi Nyorai, a revered Buddha at the center of esoteric Buddhist teachings …
Hojuji Temple is said to have been founded around 1680 (Enpo 8) as a temple of the Shingon Buzan sect. During the Edo period, a temple district was formed in the Chiba castle town under the Tokugawa shogunate's religious administration policies, and Hojuji is believed to have served as one of the te…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大日如来"
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