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Jorenji Temple (Midori-ku, Nagoya)
愛知県
Temple founded by a retainer to mourn Imagawa Yoshimoto, who fell at Okehazama — a Shin Buddhist temple in Midori-ku
Founded
1575
Type
Temple
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About 15 min walk from Narumi Station (Meitetsu)
Aihara-go 1-302, Midori-ku, Nagoya
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Temple
Founded 1575
451 years
Enshrined Deity
Buddhist Sect
Jodo Shinshu Otani-ha
Overview
With the mountain name **Aiharazan** and a principal image of Amida Nyorai (attributed to Gyoki), this Jodo Shinshu Otani-ha temple was founded in 1575 by the monk **Keinen**. Keinen had been a retainer of **Imagawa Yoshimoto**; after his lord was killed by Oda Nobunaga at the **Battle of Okehazama (1560)**, he took holy orders to pray for Yoshimoto's repose and built a hermitage called **Kosenbo*…
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Origins
Founded in 1575 by Keinen, a former retainer of Imagawa Yoshimoto, to mourn his lord who fell at the Battle of Okehazama (1560). It began as the hermitage Kosenbo in Narumi and moved to Aihara-go in the Tensho era. Its affiliation shifted from Takada-ha to a Nishi Honganji sub-temple (1733), back to…
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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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