A Soto Zen temple in Masui-cho, Hitachiota, a celebrated temple that conveys the warrior culture of medieval Hitachi as the family temple of successive generations of the Satake clan. The Satake clan claimed to be the direct heirs of the Seiwa Genji lineage and were a prestigious warrior family that wielded power centered on Hitachi Province. The Satake clan mausoleum on the grounds has tombstones…
Shogenji Temple is said to have been founded around 1300 (Shoan 2) as a Soto Zen temple, and has carried a long history as the family temple of the Satake clan, who were based in Hitachi Province. The Satake were a distinguished warrior family descended from the Seiwa Genji lineage, who expanded the…
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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