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Toyokuni Jinja (Senjokaku)
広島県
Also known as Senjokaku (Thousand-Tatami Hall)…
15 minutes on foot from Miyajima Pier
1-1 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
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Also known as Senjokaku (Thousand-Tatami Hall), this great Buddhist lecture pavilion was commissioned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1587 to memorialize war dead through monthly sutra readings. Left unfinished at his death, it preserves an unwalled open structure of 857-tatami-mat interior, designated an Important Cultural Property. Adjacent to the iconic Five-story Pagoda.
In 1587 (Tenshō 15), Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the monk Ankokuji Ekei to begin construction of a great Buddhist lecture hall on Miyajima to pray for the souls of soldiers killed in battle. The building was conceived as a hall for monthly readings of the Daihannya-kyō (Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra), and…
Flourishing trade, new-shop openings, successful deals. A central prayer at Inari and Ebisu shrines.
Derived from the enshrined deity "豊臣秀吉"
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