Shogakuji Temple Nakameguro
東京都
The Date clan's Edo Nichiren base — grave of Misawa Hatsuko, model for Masaoka in Kabuki's Meiboku Sendai Hagi, a Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Property
A Nichiren-sect temple founded in 1619 by Hosenin Nichiei (d. 1634) as Shogakuji, mountain-named Jissozan. Its patron was **Misawa Hatsuko**, mother of the fourth Sendai lord Date Tsunamura and the historical model for Masaoka in the Kabuki play Meiboku Sendai Hagi. Deeply devoted to the abbots Nichiyu and Nichito, she donated her own residence to build the guest hall and priests' quarters, establ…
Nichiren-sect temple founded 1619 by Hosenin Nichiei. Patron was Misawa Hatsuko of the Sendai Date family, historical model of Masaoka in Meiboku Sendai Hagi. Enshrines a Nichiren image venerated by shogun Ienari. Misawa Hatsuko"s grave is a Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Property.
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "久遠実成本師釈迦牟尼仏(大曼荼羅)"
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