A Soto Zen temple said to have been founded in the Muromachi period, located in Yaho, Kunitachi. Known to Bakumatsu history fans nationwide as a temple associated with Hijikata Toshizo, the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi. While a grave marker for Hijikata exists in the precinct, the true family temple is Ishidaji in Ishida, Hino City — his actual birthplace. The principal image is Shakyamuni Bu…
Ishidaji Temple is a Soto Zen temple said to have been founded around 1400, during the Muromachi period, in the rural district of Yaho, Kunitachi City, Tokyo. Details of its founding remain unclear, but the temple is traditionally regarded as having maintained a long history in Yaho since the mediev…
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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