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Shinpoji Temple
東京都
Founded in 1597 and the only Jodo temple with a cemetery in Chiyoda — Ieyasu's land offer was declined in favor of becoming a temple for townspeople
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1597
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3 min walk from JR Yotsuya Station
Kojimachi 6-4-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
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Temple
Founded 1597
429 years
Enshrined Deity
阿弥陀如来
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Buddhist Sect
Jodo Sect
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Overview
A Jodo-sect temple in Kojimachi 6-4-1, founded in 1597 by **Zeno Shozan Osho**—who originated from the Mikawa temple "Shinhoji" (said to trace back to the reign of Empress Suiko) and followed Tokugawa Ieyasu to Edo in 1590 after his Kanto transfer, establishing the temple at its present site. The only Jodo-sect temple in Chiyoda Ward with burial grounds. When Ieyasu offered an expansive precinct, …
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Origins
Jodo-sect temple founded 1597 by Zeno Shozan, originally of Mikawa Shinhoji, following Ieyasu to Edo. Declined Ieyasu"s offer of a large precinct, developing instead as "a temple for townspeople." The eleventh shogun Ienari"s consort Omiyo-no-kata devoted herself here. Restored 1847 using palace bui…
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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"

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Tokugawa Ieyasu
First Shogun of Edo
Age 54 at founding
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Founded in 1597 by a monk who had followed Tokugawa Ieyasu to Edo, the temple is said to have declined Ieyasu's offer of a large precinct, requesting instead to be "a temple for the townspeople."
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