Founded in 1487; linked to the mother of the sixth shogun Ienobu and preserving the 'Shogun's Bridge' stone paving at the gate, it served as Shogitai headquarters during the Boshin War, and is the burial site of yokozuna Futabayama and PM Ishibashi Tanzan.
A Nichiren-sect temple founded in 1487 by the monk Nikka, mountain-named Kanmyozan, in Higashi-Nippori, Arakawa Ward. In 1682 the nun Nian—lady-in-waiting to Ohora no Kata, concubine of Kofu-domain lord Tokugawa Tsunashige—revived the temple. Ohora no Kata gave birth to **Tokugawa Ienobu (1662-1712), the sixth shogun**, making Zenshoji a "temple of shogunal ties." Ohora was buried here at her requ…
Nichiren-sect temple founded 1487 by Nikka. Revived in 1682 by the nun Nian, making it a shogunate-connected temple through Ohora no Kata, mother of the sixth shogun Ienobu. The "Shogun"s Bridge" stone paving survives at the main gate. Headquarters of the Shogitai militia during the Boshin War. Grav…
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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