A Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha temple in Mitsukaido, Joso, the central nembutsu training hall of the Mitsukaido district. Its principal Amida Nyorai is devoutly worshipped by Jodo Shinshu followers as the Buddha embodying the tariki-hongan teaching. Mitsukaido was a commercial city that prospered through Kinugawa River waterway shipping, and the temple flourished as the bodaiji of townspeople. Said to…
Anrakuji is a Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha temple said to have been founded around 1500 (Meio 9), during the late Muromachi period. Its establishment is believed to coincide with the era when the teachings of Rennyo spread vigorously from Hokuriku into the eastern provinces of Japan. Mitsukaido, situate…
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"
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