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Myosenji Soshido Hall & Temple Site
神奈川県
Site of the Nichiren temple founded by canal administrator Koizumi Jidayu — Ieyasu and Hidetada visited here; together with the Kosugi Jinya and Goten, a triad of early-Tokugawa local history
Founded
1597
Type
Historic Site
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13 min walk from JR/Tokyu Musashi-Kosugi Station
Kosugi Jinya-cho 1-chome, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
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Historic Site
Founded 1597
429 years
Overview
Site of a Nichiren-shu (Fuji-branch) temple founded in the early Keicho era (after 1597, during construction of the Nikaryo and Rokugo irrigation canals) behind the Kosugi Jinya. Koizumi Jidayu Yoshitsugu, the irrigation administrator who built the jinya, founded the temple as patron to pray for the completion of the canals, inviting the Nichiren monk Nichijun from Hota Myohon-ji in Awa Province a…
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Origins
Founded after 1597 by canal administrator Koizumi Jidayu behind the Kosugi Jinya, with the monk Nichijun as founding abbot. Ieyasu and Hidetada often visited. Relocated 1619 to Isago in Kawasaki and renamed Myoon-ji. Only a Kannon-do remains at the original site.
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