A Shingon sect temple in Honcho, Funabashi, a temple of popular faith with Jizo Bosatsu as principal deity. As a Jizo statue for easy childbirth and child-granting, it has gathered the faith of people in the Funabashi post town since the Edo period. Funabashi was a post town at the fork of the Nikko Highway and Sakura Highway, and also served as a place for travelers' safety prayers. The standing …

Jizoji Temple is traditionally said to have been founded around 1200, during the early Kamakura period, as a Shingon sect temple. The principal image, a standing statue of Jizo Bosatsu, is believed to date from the Kamakura period, and its warm, gentle expression has long drawn the devotion of local…