Tosenji is a renowned Jodo (Pure Land) temple in Heiwadai, Nagareyama, enshrining Amida Nyorai and counted among the Kanto Eighteen Danrin — Jodo sect institutions for training monks. The danrin served as an educational institution for Jodo priests, with many scholar-monks studying here. Founded in the Tensho era (1573-1592), it is a venerable temple that received an endowment of temple lands from…

Tosenji Temple is traditionally said to have been founded in 1481 (Bunmei 13), though another account places its establishment in the Tensho era (1573–1592), leaving the precise date of founding uncertain. In the early Edo period, the temple is said to have received an endowment of temple lands from…