Rinzai temple associated with Lady Oi, birth mother of Takeda Shingen, preserving Takeda women's history
A Rinzai temple in Kofu City associated with Lady Oi (Oi no kata), the birth mother of Takeda Shingen. Lady Oi was the principal wife of Takeda Nobutora and bore Shingen in 1535. After Nobutora was exiled she remained in Kofu and supported Shingen's reign. As one of the Kofu temples associated with the Takeda clan, it is also a historic site conveying the history of the women of the Takeda family.…
Chozenji is a Rinzai Buddhist temple in Kofu City, said to have been founded in 1521 (Daiei 1). The precise circumstances of its founding are not fully documented, but the temple is known to have maintained close ties with the Takeda clan from the era of Takeda Nobutora. In 1535 (Tenbun 4), Lady Oi …
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