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A Tendai temple said to have been founded by Ennin during the Tencho era, with a great zelkova tree over 500 years old designated a prefectural natural monument
20 min by bus from JR Maebashi Station
Shimo-Oshima-machi, Maebashi, Gunma
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A Tendai temple in Maebashi counted among the Kanto 108 Jizo Sacred Sites.
The principal Jizo Bosatsu, known as a child-rearing Jizo, is popular for safe childbirth and child-raising prayers.
A great zelkova estimated at over 500 years old towers on the grounds as a prefectural natural monument.
Situated in the southern Maebashi plains blessed by the Tone River, amid peaceful rural scenery.
The Au…
Founded when Jikaku Daishi Ennin enshrined a Jizo Bosatsu here during his eastern teaching tour in the Tencho era (824-834).
Opened as a Tendai temple, it became a faith center for the Tone River basin.
In the Kamakura period, visitors increased alongside the rise of Jizo worship.
During the Muromac…
Safe Childbirth & Fertility
Safe delivery, conception, child protection. Traditions tied to Empress Jingu, Konohanasakuya-hime, Suitengu, and Kishimojin.
Derived from the enshrined deity "地蔵菩薩"
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