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Mangyoji Temple

福岡県

A Jodo Shinshu temple that fought for Honganji, earned the Mori clan crest, and founded Hakata's first orphanage

Founded

1529

Type

Temple

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3 min walk from Gion Subway Station

Gionmachi 4-50, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

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Temple

Founded 1529

497 years

Enshrined Deity

阿弥陀如来

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Buddhist Sect

Jodo Shinshu Honganji branch

Overview

A Jodo Shinshu Honganji-branch temple founded in 1529 as a hermitage by Shichiri Hayato (Shoku) and formally established in 1540. Its fifth head priest Shokai fought for the Honganji side in the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War (1570-1580) smuggling weapons in pilgrim-chests from Hakata to Osaka against Oda Nobunaga; for this service the Mori clan granted the "omodaka" crest still used today. In 1899 the Ry…

Origins

Founded as hermitage 1529 by Shichiri Hayato. Fifth head priest fought in Ishiyama War; Mori clan granted omodaka crest. Ryuge Orphanage founded here 1899. One of the Seven Great Temples of Hakata.

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"