Founded by Kobo Daishi in 810, later converted to Nichiren-shu — the Sugita plum grove with 30,000 trees immortalized by Hiroshige in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo; also celebrated as 'Peony Temple'
Founded by Kobo Daishi in 810 and later converted to Nichiren-shu. In the Edo period it was the center of the Sugita plum grove — at its peak, over 30,000 plum trees blossomed here, making it one of the most famous plum-viewing spots in the Kanto region. Utagawa Hiroshige III depicted the grove in 'Hikaru Meisho: Sugita no Ume' (1854) in the 'Genji Meisho' style borrowing chapter names from The Ta…
Founded in 810 by Kobo Daishi as a Shingon temple. During the Kamakura period, Nichiren visited and the temple converted to Nichiren-shu. It is a sister temple of Myohonji in Kamakura, sharing the Nichiren lineage and the Hiki clan legacy. In the Edo period, it was the heart of the Sugita plum grove…
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