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Nagoya Higashi Betsuin
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Higashi Hongan-ji Nagoya branch temple on the site where 13-year-old Nobunaga came of age at Kowatari Castle
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1690
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Temple
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3 min walk from Higashi-Betsuin Subway Station
Tachibana 2-8-55, Naka-ku, Nagoya
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Temple
Founded 1690
336 years
Enshrined Deity
阿弥陀如来
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Buddhist Sect
Jodo Shinshu Otani-ha
Overview
A major Jodo Shinshu Otani-ha branch temple of Higashi Honganji, built in 1690 on the 10,000-tsubo site of Oda Nobuhide's **Kowatari Castle**, donated to the 16th Higashi Honganji head priest Ichinyo. Enshrining Amida Nyorai under the name Shinshu Honbyo, the precinct encompasses the historic site where **Oda Nobunaga celebrated his genpuku (coming-of-age ceremony) in 1546 at age 13**. Patronized …
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Origins
Founded 1690 by the 16th Higashi Honganji head priest Ichinyo on the donated Kowatari Castle site—where Oda Nobunaga underwent his coming-of-age ceremony in 1546 at age 13. Destroyed in the March 12, 1945 Nagoya air raid; main hall rebuilt 1966. Four Seasons Landscape screen is a National Important …
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Divine Benefits
Purification
Rebirth in Pure Land
Cleansing impurity, spiritual purification, driving away evil. Rooted in misogi ablutions and goma fire rites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "阿弥陀如来"

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Oda Nobunaga
Revolutionary of Tenka Fubu
Age 156 at founding (posthumous)
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This temple stands on the former site of Furuwatari Castle, the stronghold of Oda Nobunaga's father, Nobuhide. In 1546, at age 13, Nobunaga held his coming-of-age ceremony (genpuku) here, marking the start of his career as a warlord. The Higashi Honganji sect later received the land and built this temple, so the grounds are also known as the site of Nobunaga's genpuku.
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