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Chourakuji (Ota)
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Founded by Minamoto no Yoshikuni, a Nitta Manor temple whose National Important Cultural Property gate evokes the medieval estate
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10 min on foot from Tobu Isesaki Line Serada Station
3119-7 Serada-cho, Ota, Gunma
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Enshrined Deity
阿弥陀如来
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Buddhist Sect
Tendai
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Overview
An old Tendai sect temple associated with the Nitta clan, founded by Minamoto no Yoshikuni (ancestor of both the Nitta and Ashikaga clans). Listed on the World Heritage tentative list as part of the Nitta Manor historic site group. Numerous cultural properties conveying Nitta history remain on the grounds, including the imperial messenger gate designated a National Important Cultural Property. The…
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Origins
Choraku-ji is an ancient Tendai sect temple traditionally said to have been founded by Minamoto no Yoshikuni, the common ancestor of both the Nitta and Ashikaga clans. While the exact year of its founding is unknown, it is generally believed to have been established in the late Heian to early Kamaku…
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Divine Benefits
Purification
Rebirth in Pure Land
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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Tokugawa Ieyasu
First Shogun of Edo
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Adjacent to Choraku-ji stands Serada Tosho-gu, a shrine enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu as a deity, built in 1644. Serada was the home of the Nitta-Serada clan, from whom the Tokugawa claimed descent, and by placing Ieyasu's mausoleum in this ancestral land, the shogunate reinforced its dynastic legitimacy. The shogunate had also renovated Choraku-ji's precinct in 1617, elevating the religious authority of the entire site.
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