Founded in 1480 by Kira Masatada, this Soto Zen temple became the Ii clan's family temple — the legend of a beckoning cat saving its master gave rise to the thousands of white maneki-neko votive figures offered here.
A Soto Zen temple famous as the birthplace of maneki-neko (beckoning cat). Founded in 1480 by Kira Masatada. It became the family temple of the Hikone domain's Ii clan in the Edo period; the graves of successive lords including Ii Naosuke stand in the precinct. A legend of a cat saving its master from a thunderstorm gave rise to the maneki-neko, and thousands of white cat figurines are offered by …
Gotokuji Temple was founded in 1480 (Bunmei 12) by Kira Masatada, lord of Setagaya Castle, to pray for the repose of his aunt's soul, and was originally known as Kōtokuin. In the early Edo period, around 1633 (Kan'ei 10), it is said that Ii Naotaka, lord of the Hikone domain, was beckoned by a cat a…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "釈迦如来"
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