A Soto Zen temple in Odawara said to have been founded by a retainer of Hojo Ujiyasu. Located in Odawara castle town, it has functioned as the Buddhist memorial temple of warrior families since the era of five generations of Hojo. The main hall enshrines an Amida Nyorai image attributed to the Muromachi period. In the precinct cemetery, stone stupas said to be graves of warriors who fell in the Od…
Houdenji is a Soto Zen temple traditionally said to have been founded around 1550 by a close retainer of Hojo Ujiyasu, the lord of Odawara Castle. Situated in the castle town of Odawara, it served as a Buddhist memorial temple for warrior families throughout the five generations of the Later Hojo cl…
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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